Goodhue County

Being prepared eases minds during disasters

Oct 16, 2019

Disasters can be defined as a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources.Disasters we see in the news...

Goodhue County Board trims health care provider funds to set 2020 levy

Sep 18, 2019

The cutting crew brought their suggestions Tuesday to the Goodhue County Board of Commissioners budget and levy talks.Commissioner Jason Majerus started the discussion by asking to cut the $100,000 the county plans to invest in its new drug court program. Majerus further asked that any vote to add...

Goodhue County identifies $50,000 to cut as preliminary levy approaches

Sep 12, 2019

Goodhue County’s 2020 levy and budget will be finalized after a County Board vote in December. Before that, a preliminary levy will be set on Sept. 17. In order to set the preliminary levy, the board and heads of departments met Tuesday, Sept. 3, to discuss what needed to be cut, added and remain...

Open class competition info available for GC Fair

Jul 31, 2019

Open class competition information for the 2019 Goodhue County Fair is now available. Premium books are can be found at several local businesses and banks or online at goodhuecountyfair.com/open-class-competitions.The traditional contests including quilting, baking, photography and more will be...

Goodhue County Fair returns Aug. 6-10

Jul 31, 2019

The Goodhue County Fair is back for its 158th year and several new events as well as old favorites will join the action on Aug. 6-10 in Zumbrota.The All-American Lumberjack Show from Stillwater, Minn., is back with free, daily lumberjack shows that include log rolling, axe throwing, tree topping...

IT Director: If email looks suspicious, it probably is

Jul 25, 2019

Does something smell phishy? No, not the fishing in Minnesota, and no that is not a typo. This is about email “phishing.” We have all seen them in the inbox – “Here is that important document you asked for” or “Click here to prevent your account from being closed” or the most well-known example,...

Goodhue County declares state of emergency in response to Pine Island Flooding

Jul 17, 2019

A state of emergency was declared by the Goodhue County Board on Wednesday, July 10, due to the flooding on June 28-29 in Pine Island. The brief meeting was called because the county’s threshold for the State Disaster Program exceeds $87,285.87. Severe thunderstorms on June 28 brought 3 to 4...

Pelz sworn in at Goodhue County Board's fair meeting

Jul 10, 2019

The Goodhue County Board met Tuesday, July 2, at the Cannon Valley Fairgrounds. This is the second of the three board meetings planned to be held outside of Red Wing this summer. The board met at Kenyon City Hall in May and will meet at the Goodhue County Fair in Zumbrota Thursday, Aug. 8. While...

More tech, communication coming to Goodhue County jail.

Jul 10, 2019

Goodhue County’s Adult Detention Center will soon see updates to its vending services — banking software, phone services, release debit cards, credit card transactions and vending machines — as it transitions from working with multiple vendors to TurnKey, which provides all of the above services...

Goodhue County issues 2019 report card

Jul 3, 2019

Goodhue County regularly reports results and performance measures for services that the county provides, from the Sheriff’s Office to Public Works. Here is a look at Goodhue County by the numbers. County crime rates fluctuated between 2013 and 2017. In 2017 there were 225 fewer crimes reported in...