Beulah Beacon News
Contested council seat in Ward 3: Reinhardt
This year the one contested seat on the Beulah City Council exists within Ward 3. Both incumbent Darwin Reinhardt and challenger Kirby Morgenstern are seeking the four-year seat. Due to a prior conflict Morgenstern was unavailable to provide his perspective by the time this paper went to publication. His perspective will be published in next week’s issue. seat in Ward 3: Reinhardt
County employee fired after commission
During an emotional display one former County Highway Department employee spoke to the commission recently about filing a grievance before being fired later that same day.
Council talks security systems
Security systems have been a hot topic in Beulah lately, and the items were addressed once again when Beulah’s City Council met early this week.
Topics ranged from Facebook to the county’s missing $100,000, and candidates for the Mercer County Commission addressed them all at the 2012 Mercer County Commissioner Candidate Forum May 10 at the GrandView Steakhouse & Lounge in Beulah.
City tightens rules for peddler’s permits
City officials were recently frustrated by a security company which installed alarm systems that made calls through local law enforcement without getting the OK first.
County agrees to help at Lake Shore Estates
On his very first day back on the job, Mercer County Commissioner Gary Murray had an audience.
Coyote Station enters into NACC agreement
Dakota Westmoreland has four more years as coal supplier to Coyote Station before it will be replaced by The North American Coal Corporation. The decision was made public recently through a press release from Coyote Station owners Otter Tail Power Company, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., NorthWestern Energy, and Northern Municipal Power Agency.
West Main Street revitalization underway
The west end of the business portion on Main Street in Beulah will start to look different very soon, now that the Country Kettle has begun settling into the old Pizza Ranch building. Renovations of that structure and demolition of its old home next to Bronson’s Super Valu will add a new face to Main Street.
Who’s up for election?
Contenders for city and county seats have all got their petitions in and the races are starting to take off across Mercer and Dunn counties
Community loses a leader
Myra Axtman just might have been the least-recognized community leader and influence in recent Hazen history.
