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By Anna Jauhola During a special meeting on Friday, Feb. 28, the Kittson County Commissioners set a public hearing for the courthouse improvement project. The three-minute meeting was necessary to pass resolution 2025-05, calling for the public hearing, which they set for Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. at the courthouse in Hallock. The hearing…

By Anna Jauhola As winter drones on, some work has been done at the Lake Bronson Dam site on the warmer days. During the week of Feb. 3-7, semi-loads of large chunks of concrete were seen traveling through the town of Lake Bronson, spurring many questions. “The contractor (Ames Construction) modified the existing structure to…

By Anna Jauhola After water pipes burst in the Kittson County Courthouse boiler room in late January, commissioners have accelerated their work to get repairs started on the HVAC system. The commissioners met with Johnson Controls Inc., the county’s contracted service provider, to further discuss the project originally proposed in 2024. Officials cannot make decisions…

By Anna Jauhola Three volunteers drove more than 20,000 miles in 2024 to get Kittson County veterans to their medical appointments. During the regular commission meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, Veterans Service Officer John Hamre presented information on the use of the DAV Van. In March 2023, the van arrived at the courthouse where it…

By Anna Jauhola Without a quorum of stockholders, the Kittson Memorial Hospital Association held its annual meeting as an informational, yet positive one, on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the hospital facility in Hallock. For the first time in two years, the board of directors and stockholders saw complete and accurate financials. Neil Frizzell, chief financial…

By Enterprise Staff The Kittson County Enterprise again received awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest. This year, judges from Illinois reviewed more than 4,000 entries. Each year, Editor Margie Holmgren and Reporter Anna Jauhola enter this contest in the non-multi-day circulation 1,001 to 1,500 category. There are more than 50 newspapers across…

By Anna Jauhola The Kittson County Highway Department will be busy with several road projects in 2025. During the regular meeting of the Kittson County Commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 21, the board approved advertising for bids on six construction projects and regular road maintenance. The biggest project will be overlay reconstruction of CSAH 7 east…

THE SOUTH ANNEX of the former Hallock Co-op Elevator left a mess along Highway 75 and surprised a lot of people with a massive cloud of years of grain dust. The Forest River Colony, of Fordville, N.D., is heading up the demolition and closed off the portion of Fourth Street from Highway 75 west across the…