In Re: Estate of: Virginia Dale Coffield
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF KITTSON IN DISTRICT COURT NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 35-PR-23-35 In Re: Estate of: ) Virginia Dale Coffield, ) Decedent. ) NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given, that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been…
Read MoreNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS C.P. 35-23-500, CRACK SEALING
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS C.P. 35-23-500, CRACK SEALING Bids Close April 11, 2023 Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the Kittson County Highway Department, 401 2nd Street SW, Hallock, Minnesota on behalf of the County Commissioners of Kittson County for the purpose of letting the contract for the…
Read MoreNOTICE TO GRAVEL CONTRACTORS C.P. 35-23-100, COUNTY-WIDE REGRAVEL (LOAD & HAUL)
NOTICE TO GRAVEL CONTRACTORS C.P. 35-23-100, COUNTY-WIDE REGRAVEL (LOAD & HAUL) Bids Close April 11, 2023 Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the Kittson County Highway Department, 401 2nd Street SW, Hallock, Minnesota on behalf of the County Commissioners of Kittson County for the purpose of letting…
Read MoreClassifieds March 22, 2023
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartment in a 55+ building available for rent. Nice location, one level living with garage stall. On site laundry, heat, water, sewer and garbage paid by owner. No smoking, no pets. For more information or to set up a viewing, call 218-843-1492. (10-12) WE BUY: Junk cars/pickups, batteries, farm machinery, scrap iron,…
Read MoreMichael “Mike” Mattson, 80
Michael Mattson “Mike,” age 80, passed away in his home in Hallock, Minn., on March 16, 2023. Many people will remember Mike best as the lone bicyclist who could be seen any day, year around riding down an open road somewhere in the county with a wave for any passerby. He would like that. Mike…
Read MoreDorothy Skoglund, 93
Dorothy Skoglund, of Karlstad, Minn., passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at her residence, at the age of 93. A private celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Dorothy May Hanson was born on April 22, 1929, to Fred and Esther (Christensen) Hanson on a farm near Lake Norden, S.D.…
Read MoreSale considered ‘a healthy move’
Kittson Pharmacy sold to private owner, retains local employees By Anna Jauhola Kittson Healthcare will continue operating with a pharmacy in-house, with local staff, but the business has changed hands. In 2022, officials at Kittson Healthcare along with a broker and attorneys officially sold the retail pharmacy business to Loften Deprez, who owns Healthy Pharmacy…
Read MoreOnline tax payment portal to be operational by June
By Anna Jauhola Kittson County landowners will again be able to pay their taxes online, but likely not until June. In May 2021, the county commissioners approved a new tax payment system from Tyler Technologies using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. While the initial information quotes an implementation process of 12 to 18…
Read MoreStruggles lead to strategic plan
By Anna Jauhola After determining Kittson Healthcare has lost almost $1 million each in 2020 and 2021, the organization and its governing board acknowledged the immediate need for a strategic plan. During the annual Kittson Memorial Hospital Association meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23, Interim CEO Everett Butler told a gathering of about 30 people the…
Read MoreChanges made, coming within Kittson Healthcare
By Anna Jauhola New administration, internal changes Earlier this year, when Kittson Healthcare hired Everett Butler as interim CEO, he helped the board interview CEO candidates. During the annual Hospital Association meeting, Butler announced the board decided on Andrea Swenson, of Lancaster, who was the clinic director from 2018 to 2023. She is temporarily named…
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