Unless they hear from more Douglas County residents interested in the idea, county commissioners will not move forward with an election to increase the number of seats on the commission. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the commission discussed increasing the number of seats from three to ...
Updated at 7:41 p.m. Monday Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Portillo has been named a finalist for a college dean position in Minnesota. Portillo is one of three finalists vying to become dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Portillo, who was ...
Douglas County leaders have approved a request to rezone 25 acres currently zoned for agricultural use into residential lots. The commission voted unanimously as part of its meeting Wednesday to approve a request from property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin to rezone 25 acres ...
Douglas County leaders will soon consider a request to rezone 25 acres currently zoned for agricultural use into residential lots. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider the request from property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin to rezone ...
Because of a steep increase in COVID-19 cases since January, local health officers are urging all eligible residents to get vaccinated immediately, especially as the new school year is set to begin next month. Douglas County’s 14-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases per day has ...
Douglas County’s property tax rate won’t increase as much as once expected, after county commissioners tapped into reserve funds and used a dormant jail expansion account to offset proposed tax increases. County commissioners on Wednesday tentatively agreed on a 2022 budget that will ...