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PUBLIC NOTICE

CORINNA TOWNSHIP

WRIGHT COUNTY

STATE OF MINNESOTA

The Board of Supervisors for the Town of Corinna, Wright County, Minnesota, hereby ordains that on the 17th day of March 2026 the Corinna Township Board of Supervisors adopted text amendments to the Township’s LAND USE ORDINANCE. The amendments modify references in Section 611.2 of the Corinna Township Land Use Ordinance to FEMA flood map panels 27171C0085D and 27171C0095D, which are being modified by a Letter of Map Revision to be effective April 20, 2026. The amendments to the Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon publication as provided by law. The complete text of this amended Ordinance may be viewed on the Corinna Township website or at Corinna Town Hall (9801 Ireland Ave NW, Annandale, MN 55302).

/s/ John Dearing, Chairperson ATTEST:

/s/ Mary Barkley Brown, Clerk

Notice of Hearing on

Proposed Assessment

City of Maple Lake,

Minnesota

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Maple Lake will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at the Maple Lake City Hall, located at 10 Maple Ave. S., Maple Lake, MN, for a meeting and will hold a public hearing to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment roll for its 2026 Street Project, which includes street reconstruction, curb and gutter, sidewalk, and drainage and utility (including sewer and water mains and services) improvements on 2nd St (Oak Ave to west dead end), Elm Avenue (Division Street to 1st Street), Pleasant Street (1st Street to CSAH 8), and First Street (Ash Avenue to CSAH 8). The properties proposed to be specially assessed include property that abuts the above-described street segments and is otherwise provided a special benefit by the improvements. Adoption by the City Council of the proposed assessment against the properties benefited may occur immediately following the hearing.

The total cost of the above-referenced project is estimated to be $4,410,000, of which $1,107,000 is proposed to be specially assessed to benefiting properties. The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Administrator’s office at City Hall. Such assessment is proposed to be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 15 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January of 2027, and will bear interest at the rate of no greater than 4.75 percent per annum. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from November 1, 2026 until December 31, 2027. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments.

The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property to the City of Maple Lake. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid before November 1, 2026. An owner may at any time thereafter, pay the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 of any year or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If an owner decides not to prepay the assessment by November 1, 2026, the rate of interest that will apply is the rate determined in the assessment resolution, which shall not exceed 4.75 percent per annum. The right to partially prepay the assessment is also available.

Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal to district court may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Administrator prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The City Council may at the hearing or at any adjournment thereof upon such further notice as it deems advisable to the affected property owners consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment.

Under Minn. Stat. §§ 435.193 to 435.195, the City Council may, in its discretion, defer the payment of this special assessment for any homestead property owned by a person 65 years of age or older, one retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability, or a member of the National Guard or other reserves ordered to active military service for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. When deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law, all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest become due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements of this law may, within 30 days of the adoption of the assessment, apply to the City for the prescribed form for such deferral of payment of this special assessment on the owner’s property. Deferrals are also available for undeveloped property pursuant to the City’s assessment policy.

An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or the City Administrator within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within 10 days after service upon the Mayor or City Administrator.

Cathy Reynolds, Interim City Administrator

Regular School

Board Meeting

March 29, 2026

BOARDROOM

200 Highway 55 E

Maple Lake, Minnesota 55358

Natalie Anderson:

Present

Kaitlyn Helmbrecht:

Present

Liz Lind:

Present

Scott Mavencamp:

Present

Joe Paumen:

Present

Jen Rasset:

Present

Branson Thomas:

Present

Present: 7.

Call meeting to order
Pledge of Allegiance
“District #881 is Proud of”

Congratulation to Abigail Gindele for winning the 124lb girls state wrestling championship! This is the first female wrestling state championship for ANML.

Congratulations to Brayden Fobbe and Abigail Gindele for qualifying for State Wrestling and winning the Section!

Lily O’Donnell qualifying for state gymnastics.

February 15 was School Resource Officer Recognition Day. Thank you to Officer Tom Coon for keeping our school safe.

Congratulations to Danny Reilley for being one of 8 football players in the state to be selected for the National Football Honors Scholarship.

The Maple Lake High School Band earned a Superior rating at the large group ensemble.

Brooke Fobbe earned 6AA All-Section Basketball.

School Social Worker Week is March 2-6, thank you to Mrs. Weninger and Mrs. Jordan for all you do for our school.

Battle of the Books Winners:

2nd Grade – Brinley Thomas and Libby Johnson

3rd Grade – Nolan Speetzen and Lane Stommes

4th Grade – Olivia Decker and Hayden O’Connor

5th Grade – Graham Kunz and Hugo Peterson

6th Grade – Maevyn Geyen and Logan Meyer

Thank you to Sarah Thomas for all of her hard work organizing the 20th Anniversary of Battle of the Books.

(ACTION) Approve the agenda for the regular school board meeting held on Monday, March 9, 2026. Passed.
(ACTION) Approve the consent agenda for the regular school board meeting held on Monday, March 9, 2026. Passed.
C. District LEA Representative

Motion to approve Superintendent Mike Rowe as the districts LEA representative. Passed.

9.A. Confidential Staff Contract Approval

Motion to approve the confidential staff contract for the 2025-2027 school years. Passed.

9.B. IAQ FUND

Discussion on the IAQ fund balance (looking at bigger projects you can’t complete with Levy money)

Science labs
Windows on west side of building
Lights/ doors
Drinking Fountains
Elementary lockers
Space conversions

Looking at doing an open forum meeting/tour to show problem areas.

9.C. Wright Technical Center’s Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Plan

Motion to approve 27-28 Wright Tech Center LTFM plan. Passed.

9.D. Jr. High Golf Assistant Coach

Motion to add an assistant golf coach for the 2026 spring season. Passed.

(7:45) Representative Reports

10.D. Meeker and Wright Special Ed Co-Op – Jen Rasset

They took a tour of the Howard Lake building.
Step program (18-22 year old’s) 18 students this year.

10.H. Wright Technical Center – Joe Paumen

They had a science teacher’s resignation.
Maple Lake took 1st place in the welding competition in every category but tig welding.
Buffalo Farmers market will be using the parking lot this season.
Talked about projects to complete with the LTFM money they are receiving.

10.I. Elementary School – Anna Reedy

GLOW Party on Feb. 27 was a success! Students had the opportunity to take pictures at a photo booth display; run and jump on a couple of inflatables (courtesy of Brad Salveson); dance to music from DJ Brummer, play glow-in-the-dark tic-tac-toe; and compete in human bowling, football toss, and cornhole. If they read more than 50 minutes over their goal, they also got to paint the principal!
We conducted the 20th annual Battle of the Books on Thursday-Friday, March 5-6. We want to give a special shout out to Logan Meyer and Maevyn Geyen, who were crowned 6th grade Battle winners – completing a full sweep, winning every year of their eligibility!
We have PTA Bingo night coming up on Thursday this week, 5:30-7:15pm. I will be your Bingo caller. We will be serving walking tacos, handing out great prizes to bingo winners, and MLE classrooms have put together themed Baskets of Chance to be auctioned off!
Our staff are getting ready for MCA testing season, which begins at MLE on April 7 and will run through May 7.
We are working on getting our character pictures displayed in the main hallway. They have been up temporarily since January, but Steve Fritz will be working on permanently I’d like to give an extra shout out to Mr. Kiebel, who was kind enough to construct and paint a sign that will be hung with the pictures.

10.J. High School – Dave Hansen

Donkey Basketball
Great turn out
Parent-Teacher Conferences were held February 27
Average turnout for Spring Semester
10 people approx. showed for the registration and Post-Secondary meetings
Pops Concert Grades 5-12 Band
Excellent turnout
Impromptu art show – amazingly talented art students!
ACT Test for those students signed up in December will take place Wednesday, March

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