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County approves partial abandonment of County Ditch 62 Branch 2 and 2A, assigns costs to petitioners

Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners · April 22, 2026
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Summary

Kandiyohi County’s drainage authority voted unanimously to approve a petition by HSP Farms LP and RDP Farms LP to abandon part of County Ditch 62 (Branch 2 and all of Branch 2A), finding it not substantially useful to remaining properties and assigning legal/administrative costs to the petitioners.

The Kandiyohi County drainage ditch authority on April 21 approved a petition to partially abandon a portion of County Ditch 62—all of Branch 2A and a segment of Branch 2—finding that the segments did not serve a substantial useful purpose to properties remaining in the system and did not provide substantial public benefit or utility.

Howard Pierce, who identified himself as representing HSP RDP (HSP Farms LP and RDP Farms LP), told the board the ditch is shallow and that the petitioners plan to replace the public drainage tile with private tile to make farming easier. Pierce said the…

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