The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

The city council voted Monday to initiate a plan for a road improvement project on several streets just to the east of Lake Region Hospital. The improvements, slated to be done on streets from Mill Street to Union Avenue and from Channing Avenue to Vasa Avenue, will be a huge road overhaul for the area. [...]

The annual audit of Fergus Falls revealed good news about the city’s financial practices, as the city ended 2010 in good fiscal shape. “You’re right where you need to be, and I think a fund balance like this is needed just based on where the state of Minnesota is at during its budget crisis,” said [...]

The Fergus Falls City Council approved the first of several expected improvements to the community ice arena made possible by an Otto Bremer Foundation grant, but it was not without protest from a few council members. The council approved the installation of a concrete floor in the practice rink at the arena, an addition once [...]

The Fergus Falls City Council has decided to wait two weeks to think about the details and the schedules for its requests for proposals on the remaining Regional Treatment Center property. But it firmed up most of the details at its Monday night meeting. Under the plan laid out by city staff, the city would [...]

The Tower Road bridge project has a bid opening date, but construction could still be far in the future. The city is opening bids from interested contractors on July 21. City Engineer Dan Edwards said the date has to be that far out because the federal funds involved with the project mandate that the city [...]

The phased demolition plan for Parcel D of the Regional Treatment Center was put on hold until late fall after a special meeting Monday where many urged the city council not to move forward with the plan. Among those requesting that demolition be delayed was Global Athlete Village, a Minnesota-based non-profit service organization interested in [...]

Fergus Falls Mayor Hal Leland said there are two meetings taking place Monday and Tuesday that, in his words, “will have great importance with RTC redevelopment.” The City Council has called for a work session to hear proposals from community groups and organizations regarding suggestions for RTC redevelopment goals and priorities. The work session will [...]

The proposed half-cent sales tax to help finance the Fergus Falls Community Ice Arena has survived the Legislature, and likely will await the Legislature’s negotiations with the governor. On Monday, Fergus Falls City Administrator Mark Sievert was notified by the League of Minnesota Cities that the language containing the Fergus Falls sales tax was approved [...]

The resolution to award the bid for hazardous materials, remediation and structure demolition for the municipal incineration site on the Regional Treatment Center Property was unanimously approved by the City Council. “That was partially demolished (last year), and then we ran into some trouble with materials that we had to go through a special process [...]

The Tower Road bridge project will soon be able to advertise for developers, now that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has signed an agreement to allow the city to build a new railroad crossing as part of the project. The agreement was the last one needed by the city. City Engineer Dan Edwards received [...]