Oxbow Nature Center Improvements Draft rendering of the improvements proposed for the Oxbow Nature Center The County Board gave approval to continue planning for an improvement of the Oxbow Nature Center and Zoo. Virtually nothing has…
Olmsted County voted to establish a county ordinance that will prohibit sale of tobacco and nicotine products to anyone under the age of 21. The County Board passed the ordinance with four commissioners in support and…
Here are some of Olmsted County’s 2018 Accomplishments: A new road was completed that will help people in the northwest part of the county access the Pine Island school and Highway 52 Plans were made…
Absentee Voting Absentee Voting has begun in Olmsted County. You can Vote 8 AM – 5PM, Monday through Friday. The Absentee (Early) Voting office is at 1421 3rdAvenue SE, in Rochester. President Trump will be in Rochester…
National Night Out takes place the first Tuesday night in August every summer. This is an event to promote neighborhood friendship and to reduce neighborhood crime. It is a good opportunity for people to get to know…
Jacob Allen has been appointed as a new judge for the Third Judicial District. The Swearing-InCeremony will be held during the afternoon of Friday, August 31. Allen will begin hearing cases on September 24.
Graham Briggs, the Director of Olmsted County Public Health, recently was interviewed on KTTC TV regarding recent National outbreaks of Salmonella. You can view the interview with this link: http://www.kttc.com/story/38770701/2018/07/30/10-active-salmonella-investigations-in-us-but-why-so-many The Olmsted County Health Department is responsible…
The bidding for dredging Lake Zumbro will be open on July 31. After about 6 years of planning, procuring permits, working with lake homeowners and townships Olmsted County will open the bidding on July 31. The…
Olmsted County has been notified about a phone scam where a taxpayer was asked to verify if they pay their property taxes via automatic withdrawal and for their bank account information. The call came from a…
Teddy Bear Band is rescheduled for Sunday, April 22. This is a fund raiser sponsored by the Friends of Oxbow. The recent snowstorm created the need to reschedule this activity. Here is the new event information: Where:…
On December 21, the Rochester Area Foundation announced the creation of the Coalition for Rochester Area Housing. This is a group of public and and private organizations that want to create affordable housing in the…
Olmsted County will join other counties in Minnesota and other states in a lawsuit claiming damages caused by opioid makers and distributors. The opioid epidemic is growing public health problem across the nation. The damages…
At an open meeting on October 31 the County HRA Board discussed affordable housing and what the county can do to provide housing. You can read the Post Bulletin’s article on the Board’s discussion. http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/what-s-the-right-path-for-hra/article_d1b5adb2-382d-563a-8a1d-3facdb1310f9.html…
Thank you to all the folks of Olmsted County District 3 who greeted me as I walked the district in June, July, August and September. I made an effort to visit every house and many…