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Board debates changing official legal-notice paper; vote fails and district briefly lacks designated newspaper
Summary
Board members split over replacing the Forest Lake Times with the Pioneer Press as the district's official legal-notice newspaper. Chair argued for Pioneer Press circulation and flexibility; other members called the change unexpected and urged continued use of the local paper. After motions and an amendment, the final votes left the district without a designated official newspaper at adjournment.
A contentious exchange over item 9.12 — the district's designation of an official school newspaper for legal notices — occupied a significant portion of the Jan. 8 meeting.
Chair proposed switching the district's official legal-notice newspaper to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, saying it offered broader circulation and flexibility for timing and format of notices. "Therefore, we will be better informing our public about the…
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