Area News
Sale 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…
Read MoreBringing home 2 firsts, 2 seconds and a third
By Enterprise Staff Your trusty Kittson County Enterprise staff has upped their game and brought home five awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest this year. On Thursday, Jan. 26, Reporter Anna Jauhola attended the awards banquet to accept three of her own awards, and two awards for Editor Margie Holmgren. The Enterprise…
Read MoreLocal schools: No child should ever go hungry
By Anna Jauhola Local school districts are closely watching Minnesota House File 5 and anticipate providing free meals for their students next year. Kittson Central and Lancaster school districts participate in national school lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision program (CEP) through USDA. Should House File 5 and its companion, Senate File 123, pass into…
Read MoreKittson County Fair Board secures carnival for 2023
By Anna Jauhola The Kittson County Fair midway will once again be lit up with a traditional carnival this summer. Fair board members recently booked Family Fun Shows, a family-owned carnival based in Mankato, Minn., during the Minnesota Federation of County Fairs convention in Minneapolis. President Taylor Lindegard signed the contract with Greg and Gail…
Read MoreKittson Living At Home progressing in its mission
By Anna Jauhola Nearly 20 people attended and signed up to be part of the Kittson Living At Home program during a volunteer breakfast at The Station in Hallock on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Kittson Living At Home (LAH) program is officially sponsored and housed at The Station, but will serve all seniors in the…
Read MoreComp time now capped at 80 hours for city employees
By Anna Jauhola Hallock city employees will no longer accrue comp time beyond 80 hours. On Monday, Jan. 9, the Hallock City Council voted to cap employee compensatory time at 80 hours. Currently, one employe has more than 200 hours, another has more than 300 and a third has over 400 hours of comp time…
Read MoreH-SV Elev. to be auctioned in March
By Anna Jauhola In a few months, the Humboldt-St. Vincent Elevator Association will have its answer on whether its structure will stay intact or be torn down. Officially at the end of last week, the association was dissolved, its 10 percent ownership in MarKit County Grain was sold and the elevator property was not sold.…
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