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Have we got a deal for you: County schedules another tax forfeited-property sale
Published 8:34am Thursday, March 1, 2018For anyone looking for a good land purchase, listen up: Mower County may be ready to deal. Read more
Housing initiative: Over 30 homes since Sept. 16
Published 10:51am Saturday, February 10, 2018Over 30 new homes have been built since the city of Austin, Mower County and the Austin School District joined hands in a new housing ... Read more
Little snow, a lot of cold; Wind chill advisory extends into Friday
Published 8:33am Friday, January 12, 2018Apparently, Thursday was a good day for ping pong at Riverland Community College. On a day when K-12 school districts throughout Mower County closed, Austin’s ... Read more
Mower County roads to get attention; Sales tax enacted in 2017 to fund $6M in road projects
Published 8:41am Wednesday, January 10, 2018Mower County has more money to sink into road work this year, but the half-cent local option sales tax commissioners enacted in 2017 is not ... Read more
Funding renewed for program that helps seniors with chores
Published 7:53am Wednesday, January 3, 2018A program to help seniors with chores so they’re able to remain in their homes will again get funding from Mower County. The County Board ... Read more
Tax overhaul breeds uncertainty for clean energy industry
Published 8:30am Friday, December 29, 2017ST. PAUL — Lawyers and accountants in the renewable energy industry are poring over the details of the tax overhaul President Donald Trump signed ... Read more
County approves salary increases; Non-union employees to see a 2.5 percent increase in 2018
Published 8:27am Wednesday, December 27, 2017In its final meeting of the year, the Mower County Board set elected official pay levels, said thank you to a retiring employee and approved ... Read more
County adopts $56M budget for ’18; Property tax levy to increase 4.9 percent over 2017
Published 8:24am Wednesday, December 20, 2017Upon further review, the Mower County property tax levy will increase only 4.9 percent rather than the 6.758 percent the commissioners certified earlier this fall ... Read more
Mower County aims for 5% increase in property tax levy; Budget to be settled by Dec. 19
Published 1:47pm Saturday, December 9, 2017The 6.758 percent property tax levy increase written into the 2018 Mower County budget is not written in stone. “The Finance Committee will continue to ... Read more
Mower willing to litigate over opioids; Commissioners grant permission to retain law firm
Published 7:32am Monday, November 13, 2017In the past week, 28 counties in Wisconsin filed suit against opioid manufacturers, seeking redress for a deadly crisis that is straining their public emergency ... Read more
County eyes new impound garage; 3-year contract for emergency dispatchers contract approved
Published 9:06am Wednesday, October 25, 2017The Mower County Sheriff’s Office is one step closer to getting a new impound garage, and its emergency services dispatchers have a new three-year contract. ... Read more
County Board expands on Grow Austin; Contribution to business incentive program open to all within county
Published 9:04am Thursday, October 12, 2017Mower County is on board with a rebate plan designed to attract businesses to Austin that offer wages at least 140 percent above the poverty ... Read more
Co. Board: Maybe $30,000 toward ‘Grow Austin” initiative
Published 9:15am Wednesday, October 4, 2017The County Board proposed possibly committing $30,000 to the new “Grow Austin” business incentive plan. The decision was tabled until the next County Board meeting ... Read more
County: Rural residents need zoning permits; Mower staff to continue to educate property owners
Published 8:41am Wednesday, September 6, 2017Ignorance of the Mower County zoning ordinance has been excused in the year since the Board of Commissioners put more teeth in its non-compliance penalty. ... Read more
Brownsdale assisted living facility speeds ahead; Hayfield schools, Brownsdale City Council to discuss tax abatements
Published 7:53am Friday, June 30, 2017Plans to convert the former Brownsdale School into an assisted living facility could be fully cleared to move forward and break ground as soon as ... Read more