County approves 2026 budget, 4.4% above 2025

By Anna Jauhola
During their final meeting of 2025, the Kittson County Commissioners approved the final 2026 budget with a 4.4% increase over the previous budget.
This is a decrease from the preliminary budget the board set in September.
“If you recall, we started at a 6.2% increase,” said Aimee Sugden, county administrator. “Through some work with the highway department on getting quotes and shifting some other things around, right now, today, we sit at a 4.3% increase.”
Commissioner Theresia Gillie asked the board to reconsider putting the appropriation to Kittson County Hospice back in the budget. It had been removed.

To read the whole story, see the Jan. 7, 2026, edition of the Kittson County Enterprise