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Faribault County approves joint prosecution agreement with Nobles and Jackson counties for ditch cases
Summary
The Faribault County Board of Commissioners approved a Joint Prosecution Agreement with Nobles and Jackson counties on May 5, 2026 to coordinate legal work involving several judicial ditches, including County Ditch #52; the vote was unanimous.
The Faribault County Board of Commissioners, acting as the Drainage Authority for County Ditch #52, voted May 5, 2026 to approve a Joint Prosecution Agreement with the Joint Drainage Authority of Nobles and Jackson Counties covering Judicial Ditches 9, 13 and 24 and Faribault County Ditch #52. The motion to approve was recorded as "Paschke/Young motion carried unanimously to approve the Joint Prosecution Agreement." The meeting took place at 8:00 a.m. in the Faribault County Courthouse Board Room in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
Commissioner Gertrude Paschke moved to approve the agreement and Commissioner Greg Young seconded; the board recorded the vote as unanimous. Present for the special meeting were Commissioners Paschke, Young, Bill Groskreutz (virtually) and Chair Bruce Anderson, with Commissioner Loveall absent. County staff and outside counsel from Best & Flanagan LLP also attended. The transcript does not specify further terms of the agreement or whether it creates an immediate filing or simply establishes joint representation; those details were not stated on the public record at this meeting.
No amendments or alternate motions were recorded. The action appears to formalize inter‑county coordination on legal matters tied to drainage cases named in the agreement, but the meeting record contains no additional factual description of the agreement’s scope beyond its title and the jurisdictions involved.
