Commissioners

  • Judge Ann O’Reilly (seated far right at table) opened the public hearing Feb. 12 for the proposed Elk Creek Solar Farm near Magnolia. Three people who testified at the public hearing, talked with county commissioners Feb. 20 about their concerns. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    ‘As a county, what direction do we want to take these agricultural lands in the future?’ –Grant Binford, Luverne farmer
    By Mavis Fodness
    February 28, 2024
    Opponents of Rock County’s first large-scale solar farm say the 1,500-acre business will change the rural ways of living. Three concerned citizens talked with county commissioners at their Feb. 20 meeting about how the large number of solar panels will harm the environment, ruin the rural landscape and take needed farmland out of production. Grant Binford and Jane Nelson of Magnolia Township…
  • Doherty: Keep our board of commissioners balanced
    August 01, 2016
    To the Editor: I am writing this letter to encourage all voters in the first and third county commissioner districts to be sure to vote in the upcoming primary.  It is very important that those of us in agriculture maintain a balanced county board. Everyone in Rock County is affected by agriculture in some way, but those actively involved in agriculture have more at stake than most.  Agriculture…
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