During a special committee of the whole meeting, county board members had questions about how inflation could affect the estimated $77 million project.
In order to standardize the public hearing rules across all committees, the Carlton County Board of Commissioners adopted new rules, including that anyone who wishes to speak needs to sign in and comments are limited to four minutes.
Jenny Barta, a public health nurse specialist and the county's disease prevention and control coordinator, provided an update to the county board on the increase in COVID-19 cases.
A presentation from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on the impact of chronic wasting disease in deer in Minnesota has prompted the Carlton County Board to consider a one-year moratorium on establishing farms.
While lower temperatures have slowed bird migration through Carlton County, egg farmers in the area are taking precautions to keep their flocks free of the latest cases of the avian flu.
