belvidere township

4-H club landscapes around new town hall ramp

Aug 9, 2023

The Belvidere Happy Go Luckies 4-H club completed a service project in July. The Belvidere town hall had recently installed a new ramp. Sixteen members of the 4-H club helped to landscape in front of it. They dug out sod, installed landscape fabric and edging, planted perennials and shoveled a lot...

Townships hold 2022 elections, annual meetings

Mar 16, 2022

Area townships held annual meetings and some elections on Tuesday, March 8. Several township clerks responded to a Graphic request for election and meeting results. Hyde Park Township Hyde Park kept its levies the same as last year at its annual meeting, according to Clerk Dave Stevenson. The...

Townships hold meetings, elections

Mar 17, 2021

Area townships joined others from around the state for annual meetings March 9 on what the Minnesota Association of Townships has dubbed “Township Day.” Many held officer elections as well. Below are results reported by clerks in some area townships. Florence Township Mike Blair was re-elected...

Area townships hold annual meetings, elections on March 10

Mar 4, 2020

Just a week after the presidential primary elections, several townships in the area are holding elections and annual meetings on March 10. Specific information the Graphic was able to obtain on each election appears below. Gillford Township In Gillford Township, incumbent Bill Cronin is the only...

Township elections 2019

Apr 3, 2019

Several townships around the area held elections and annual meetings on March 12. What follows are results from the proceedings, as reported by the respective township clerks. Two townships that didn’t are Oakwood and Zumbro; they hold their elections in the fall. Belvidere Township Fifteen...

Gophers beware: Townships hold meetings, elections

Mar 21, 2018

Townships held annual meetings–and many also held elections–on March 13. Here are some reports based on information provided by the respective township clerks. Belvidere Township Incumbent supervisor Henry Thomforde was re-elected, as was inumbent clerk Patricia Stemmann. 21 people voted in the...

Annual meetings, elections set for March 13 in area townships

Mar 7, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, is the date of the annual meeting in area townships; most are also holding elections. In a March 1 news release, the Association of Minnesota Townships said annual township meetings are “a true form of direct democracy – allowing residents of the township to meet, voice their...

Township 'direct democracy' is Tuesday

Mar 9, 2017

Townships around the area will elect officers and hold annual meetings on Tuesday, March 14. The Minnesota Association of Townships calls the events “a true form of direct democracy, encouraging all members of the community to participate.” It continues: “As with most American political ideas,...