Douglas County News

Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2024

Nestled within the July 16 Douglas County Board of Commissioners agenda of important, but routine business, was a presentation about the Alexandria Area YMCA. YMCA Board Chair...

Posted: Monday, July 22, 2024

Moms fix problems. They just do. Which is why, when Nicole Ness Botzet, a mom, asked Douglas County to allow her life jacket project to move forward at the county beaches, the...

Posted: Monday, July 15, 2024

Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

A major road construction project in Douglas County will be fully underway on Monday, July 15. The impacted area is County State Aid Highway 4. This road is in the south-centr...

Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2024

At its July 2 meeting, the Douglas County board took action on projects that will directly impact residents and visitors to both the eastern and western sides of the county. T...

Posted: Monday, July 1, 2024

Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

It’s a big yes for the next step in a new library in Douglas County. At the June 18 meeting, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved a letter of intent to accept th...

Posted: Monday, June 10, 2024

Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2024

For the first time in history, all Minnesota-born adopted persons will have the right to their original birth certificate. Beginning July 1, 2024, adoptees, 18 years of age an...

Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Recognition of one of the longest-serving employees created a heartfelt response at the start of the June 4 Douglas County Board of Commissioners meeting. Laurie Bonds is reti...

Posted: Monday, June 3, 2024

Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Douglas County Commissioners denied a request for a 300-person event facility in Orange Township. That decision was among the votes taken at the May 21 board meeting. The appl...

Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted against the petition to create an Osakis Lake Improvement District. That decision came at the May 7 board meeting. Before the v...

Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2024

Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Road construction work in Douglas County can now move forward after commissioners approved bids for two grading projects and overall county paving work in 2024. The bids were ...

Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

  Douglas County Commissioners learned the latest information on how the U of M Extension program is serving county residents, how the local office of the Minnesota Depar...

Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2024

At their March 19 meeting, Douglas County Commissioners took the required action for the process of a proposed Osakis Lake Improvement District to proceed. Commissioners ackno...

Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Upon petition by the Osakis Lake Association for a proposed Osakis Lake Improvement District, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners has set a public hearing scheduled for ...

Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chippewa River Watershed Association Joint Powers Board is holding a Public Hearing at 9:15 a.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Pope County ...

Posted: Monday, March 18, 2024

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Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2024

Douglas County Commissioners approved the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) prevention plan for 2024, including a plan to respond to invasive Signal Crayfish. They also voted aga...

Posted: Friday, March 1, 2024

Approximately 31,000 property tax statements & value notices will be mailed to Douglas County property owners at the end of March. Local Boards of Appeal and Equalization ...

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

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Posted: Friday, February 16, 2024

It’s going to be a busy road construction season in Douglas County this year, but potentially not as disruptive as in 2023. County Engineer and Public Works Director Tim Erick...

Posted: Monday, January 29, 2024

Posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, the Responsible Government Unit (RGU) for environmental review of the project titled Fern-Roth 40-Megawatt Solar Farm Project, LaGra...

Posted: Monday, January 22, 2024

Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2024

At its January 16 meeting, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners heard from a group of citizens concerned about an ATV trail in their area and they passed a resolution urg...

Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Commissioner Keith Englund will lead the Douglas County Board of Commissioners as chair for 2024. Englund, who represents District 1 in the western half of the county, took ov...

Posted: Friday, December 29, 2023

Beginning January 1, designated Douglas County public safety officials will have access to an x-band high resolution weather radar. This x-band weather radar can see low-level...

Posted: Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Douglas County Commissioners held the final board meeting for 2023 on December 19. Their decisions will benefit county residents in a number of ways in 2024. First, the county...

Posted: Monday, December 4, 2023

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved the 2024 county budget and levy at its November 30 budget hearing. This meeting was preceded by a regular county board meeti...

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2023

Posted: Monday, November 27, 2023

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Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

There are books, there is knowledge, and there is outreach. The Douglas County Library has Outreach Coordinator Luke Elliott on staff to help share the books and materials ava...

Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Douglas County now has an ordinance prohibiting the use of cannabis and cannabis derived products in public places. Public places do not include private residences, private pr...

Posted: Monday, November 6, 2023

The Kensington Rune Stone Park in Douglas County just completed a new must-see display that shares the always intriguing story of Olof Ohman’s discovery of the Kensington Rune...

Posted: Monday, November 6, 2023

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Posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners agreed to name two county representatives to assist the Douglas County Library Board in its effort to review land options for a possi...

Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

A Mandatory Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) has been prepared for a project by SolarGen of Minnesota, LLC and Allied Solar, LLC, to construct a 40-megawatt solar elec...

Posted: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Imagine going to work every day knowing you’re making at least a small part of the world a better place. Then imagine that you get to work outside with your hands, which is yo...

Posted: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

The October 3 meeting of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners began with positive news for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Commissioners accepted a generous $10,000 ...

Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023

Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Private vacation home rental properties will now pay a different fee structure to Horizon Public Health and Douglas County will consider a new ordinance to help fund the servi...

Posted: Monday, August 28, 2023

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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2023