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Alexandria remains in good financial shape and its audit was clean, according to an annual report by the accounting firm, Abdo, Eick and Meyers. The Alexandria City Council approved the 2018 audit at its Monday night meeting. The city ended 2018 with a fund balance in its general...

Another step in guiding the future use of the Douglas County Fairgrounds property was taken Monday. The council approved a preliminary plat for the 108-acre site south of County Road 82 that contains the land for the Douglas County Fair, several outbuildings, the Viking Speedway,...

An energy savings project the Alexandria City Council launched in 2016 is still paying off. The contractor, Apex Efficiency Solutions, guaranteed a savings of $229,676 in energy and repair/maintenance costs in the first year and the measured savings amounted to $230,867. A report...

The Douglas County License Bureau will soon be getting a reimbursement grant worth more than $116,000 from the state. Interim director Susan Crotteau shared the news with Douglas County commissioners at the Tuesday county board meeting. Legislation signed by Gov. Tim Walz included...

At the tail end of a meeting about pollution in lakes Winona, Agnes and Henry, long-time fisheries operator Jim Bosek spoke up. "I believe I could make all three of those lakes crystal clear," said Bosek, who runs Bosek Fisheries, which supplies walleye fingerlings to the DNR. His...

Authorities are delaying a planned aluminum sulfate treatment of Lake Agnes until 2020, instead planning to concentrate on tagging carp in Lake Winona, they said at a Tuesday evening meeting. The two lakes, plus Lake Henry, form a chain of lakes affected by the decades-old practice...

When Minnesota's two-year spending plan was signed into law recently, it included a 2 percent increase in education funding each of the next two years. For the Alexandria district, that meant an extra $2.28 million over the two years compared with current funding levels, with $410,886...