Shooting Banned On Bald Eagle Lake
Council, Residents Cite Public Safety Concerns
HUGO - In what is shaping up to be a controversial move, the Hugo City Council banned the shooting of firearms on Bald Eagle Lake during its meeting on Sept. 7.
“It’s a public safety issue, and the time to ban shooting came some time ago,” said Council Member Becky Petryk.
Local Families Speak Up About Autism
While their friends spent the last few days of summer vacation playing outside, 11- year-old Logan Bramstedt and 8-year-old Max Bramstedt of Hugo sat by the side of the road, raising money for a good cause. They’re supporting the Walk Now for Autism event, which takes place Saturday, September 26 at Canterbury Downs in Shakopee.
Oops: Revised Preliminary Levy Indicates Hugo Tax Rate Will Decrease Again
When Corrected, Error Is On Taxpayers’ Side
HUGO - Hugo Finance Director Ron Otkin has received numerous awards for his work over the years: jokes have been made about reinforcing his office wall under the weight of all of the Government Finance Officers Association “Certificate of Excellence” plaques that have accumulated.
... MoreCenterville Adopts Preliminary Levy
nearly every department Takes Budget Hit
CENTERVILLE – Following several hours of discussion and negotiations last Wednesday, the Centerville City Council adopted a preliminary tax levy and budget for 2010. By a 3-1 vote, council members adopted a $2,265,661tax levy payable in 2010, the maximum allowed by law.
However, the council declined to saddle city taxpayers with $109,658 in Market Value Homestead Credit (MVHC) dollars that the state legislature withheld from the city in 2008 and 2009, even though the legislature passed a bill earlier this year giving cities the authority to levy a portion of those withheld amounts above and beyond their levy limits.
... MoreBeating The Borer
Can’t be done, experts Say
But Residents Can Protect Their Trees When The Time Comes
CENTERVILLE / HUGO / LINO LAKES – “They’re Here,” the ominous 3- inch front-page headline in the St. Paul Pioneer Press read last May.
No, the article wasn’t about aliens or UFO’s: instead, the article was about emerald ash borer, discovered May 14 in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul—the first known case in Minnesota. Less than three months later, the exotic, wood-boring beetle was found over a mile away on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus.
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