County Politics

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Winsted City Hall, 201 First St. N.

McLeod County’s cost-cutting measures this year are helping it to brace for possible state aid cuts.

McLeod County and four cities within it stand to lose thousands in aid cuts proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty earlier this week.

McLeod County has begun developing its 2010 budget. Department heads will, at best, be asked to keep spending flat.

A former McLeod County Jail employee has filed a complaint with the Minnesota Office of Human Rights alleging discrimination.

The McLeod County Board might save some trees and dollars by going electronic.

McLeod County Commissioner Ray Bayerl is concerned by what he sees as an increasing trend: The state buying privately owned land for wildlife management.

The McLeod County Board voted Tuesday (April 21) to issue $3 million in three-year general obligation capital equipment bonds.

The McLeod County Board decided Tuesday (April 21) to make public what was previously planned as a closed talk on possible union negotiations.

Although a federal grant would have covered three years’ worth of a new deputy’s salary, the McLeod County Board declined it last week because it wasn’t as good a deal as it seemed.