Stangeland Wins Seventh District Congress Seat
Minnesota farmer Arlan Stangeland won the special election in the Seventh District, defeating Democrat Michael Sullivan and others. Final totals from 1,110 precincts show Stangeland with 71,251 votes to Sullivan’s 45,367. Bergland’s former seat shifts to the GOP.
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Stangeland
Minnesota
Ivan
Jim Born
Jack Bibeau
Barnesville
Minnesota-North Dakota
Roger Lce
Congress
Bergland
Moe
Sullivan
Mondale
Oxygen shortage triggers massive fish kill near Ottertail Dam
Bemidji area reports thousands of fish dead or weakened on the Mississippi River upstream of the Ottertail electric power dam. DNR fisheries personnel launched rescue efforts as oxygen deprivation, worsened by upstream sewage effluent, pinned blame on the winter pool conditions and dam release.
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Mississippi
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Howard Latvala
Latvala
Ottertail
Dnic
John Enghauser
Lake Andrus
County Rd. 12 Bridge
Enghauser
MCMG
Bemidji
Area Department of Natural Resources Fishery
Lake
Mississippi River
Beltrami County Board Delays Judge Reed's Probation Request Again
Beltrami County officials again postpone action on Judge M A Reed's bid to fund a second probation officer. The delay comes as the court seeks to use state orders to force payroll funding, while a separate plan for a $1.2 million road and bridge bond faces a March 10 decision for a possible April 12 sale.
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Dave Bernard Statt
Beltrami
Sarge
High Court
Reed
Pai
Jim Thoreen
Bard
Cliff Saunders
Stangeland Wins District House Seat Amid Mixed Local Results
In Beltrami Clearwater Hubbard and Cass counties voters backed Arian Stangeland with varied margins as district turnout remained under 40 percent. Stangeland led in Beltrami and Cass, narrowly trailed Sullivan in Clearwater, with Hubbard also favoring Stangeland as canvassing boards prepare final certification.
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Beltrami
Clearwater
Hubbard
Cass County
Arian Stangeland
Beltrami County
Stangeland
Mike Sulliva
Jim Born
Jack Bibeau
Sullivan
Clearwater County
Strangeland
Born
Bideau
Hubbard Counties
Bibeau
Hubbard County
Airport office building variance denied by zoning board
The Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment rejected 3-1 a variance to build a 30,000 square foot state office in zone B of the airport landing area. Tom Lapp changed his vote from last week, citing economic concerns and alternatives. Officials from the state Department of Administration and representatives for United Properties weighed next steps in Bemidji.
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Bob Tucker
Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment
Bud Woodard
Bemidji
Woodard
Tom Lapp
Lapp
Welle
Doug Peterson
Doug St. Onge
State Service Center
St. Onge
State Department of Administration
United Properties
St. Paul
Matthews
Midway Dr
Henderson
5Th St
Holiday Inn
Central Business District
Perkins
Pioneer
Hubbard County Board approves sale of old social services building
In Park Rapids, Hubbard County votes to sell the old social services building for 125000 despite senior citizens council requests for an activities center. Commissioners cite deficits from the new courthouse and loans from road and bridge and forest accounts as reasons to proceed with the sale.
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Jerry Dd
Park Rapids
Hubbard County Social Services
Doug Cook
Hubbard County Senior Citizens Council
Mark Thomason
Ken Qualley
Qualley
Hubbard County
Roland Vik
Forest Development
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Puuyan
Washington
Chuck Slocum
Ulric Scott
Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
Carter
Scott
Passie
Joby Ovris
Matt
Beltrami County Board Meets
Thoreen
Rodney Benson
Benson
Saunders
Joe Forbes
Forbes
Hubbard County Board
Dwayne Foster
Foster
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