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Morse, Fall Lake and Eagles Nest will all hold grassroots sessions
Residents of area townships have the chance this week to flex their muscles when it comes to their local government.
Grassroots government will take center stage on Tuesday, March 12 in town halls near Ely and all around the state of Minnesota. There are 1,777 townships in the state.
Annual meetings are set for that night, and the oncea- year gatherings give residents who attend the power to determine numerous key issues - including their own local tax levy.
The meetings coincide with elections in two local township - Morse and Fall Lake - although both are uncontested.
Longtime Morse supervisor Terry Soderberg has no opposition in his bid for another three-year term on the town board, while across the 55731 zip code in Fall Lake Township the circumstances are a bit different.
Incumbent supervisor Rod Gruba decided not to run but his wife Sheila Gruba is on the ballot.
The Morse and Fall Lake meetings will start just after polls close at 8 p.m.
Eagles Nest Township will convene its session at 7 p.m. as it holds its elections in the fall.
Once ballots are counted in both Morse and Fall Lake, township meetings will be convened.
A tax levy for 2025 is decided at each annual meeting.
Morse Township has kept its property tax levy flat for several years and that figures to be the case again, as town board members have recommended no change to the existing levy.
