May 2018

Serving Our Veterans

Olmsted has 9,028 veterans.  Our Veteran Service Officers aid veterans, their dependents, and survivors with attaining federal, state, and local benefits.  These services include service connected disability compensation, non-service connected pensions, education benefits, medical benefits, assistance with…


Foster Care in Olmsted County

There were 121 foster care homes licensed in Olmsted County (57% of those were relative a kinship licenses); 194 children and youth were placed and supported by Olmsted County into these foster homes in 2017.  Olmsted…






Camping: Reserve Your Camping Spot On-Line

Oxbow Park and Chester Woods Park camping sites can now be reserved On-Line. To make your reservation you can use this link: https://permitting.co.olmsted.mn.us First choose Chester Woods or Oxbow then select your dates, then find which sites…