Levy

COMSOS — The school levy will be decreasing 1.6 percent next year in the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District. The board certified the $2,406,269 levy last week following a Truth-in-Taxation hearing. The 2012 levy, which is payable in 2013, is $40,781 less than the previous...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board hosted the required truth-in-taxation hearing and certified the final 2013 local tax levy of $4,195,066.31 at the regular meeting Monday. The 2012 payable 2013 final levy is $155,382.55 or a 3.85 percent increase over the 2011 payable...

WILLMAR — Property taxpayers in the Willmar School District could see the school portion of their tax bill fall about 5 percent next year. The Willmar School Board set the property tax levy for 2013 at $6.8 million Monday evening after a short Truth in Taxation hearing. The levy...

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board approved certification Monday of the maximum 2012 levy payable in 2013. The preliminary tax levy will be finalized in December. As is the usual practice, Todd Netzke of School Management Services, the district's business management...

WILLMAR -- Members of the Willmar School Board adopted a preliminary tax levy Monday, agreeing to seek the maximum amount. The vote, which took place at a special meeting, marks "the first step" in a process that ends with property tax dollars returning to the School District for...

WILLMAR -- The property tax levy for the Willmar School District could drop about 5 percent next year. The School Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the board room on the first floor of the Willmar Education and Arts Center, 611 Fifth St. S.W.

BENSON -- The Swift County Board of Commissioners gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a 3 percent increase in the 2013 levy. The total proposed levy for next year is $8.79 million, compared to $8.54 million this year. The $256,204 levy increase reflects, in part, the county's continually...

WILLMAR -- For the fourth year in a row, the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission has opted for no change in its property tax levy. Board members voted this week to leave the levy for the 2013 budget at the same level it has been for the past three...

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board was presented Monday with a slightly increased list of potential budget cuts for the 2012-13 school year. The list now totals $258,517, which is higher than the initially expected range of $130,000 to $200,000 because the district...

ATWATER -- The Atwater City Council approved a 4 percent levy increase for 2012. At its meeting this week, the council set the levy at $382,766, according to information from City Clerk Goldie Smith. The council also agreed to spend $1,021,243 next year, which is $215,246 higher...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board will conduct its annual Truth in Taxation hearing at 6 p.m. Monday in the board room on the first floor of the Willmar Education and Arts Center. The board will also conduct a workshop session beginning at 4 p.m. Monday. The board will meet with...

REDWOOD FALLS -- Voters in the Redwood Valley School District overwhelmingly voted for two ballot questions in today's election. Citizens in the district voted 1,422 to 181 to renew the current $500-per-pupil levy for 10 years, according to unofficial results, and voted 1,199 to...

MONTEVIDEO -- A two-question school operating levy has been approved today in this western Minnesota school district. Question 1, to revoke a $505-per-pupil levy and replace it with $700, was approved 1,542 yes to 690 no, according to unofficial results. Question 2, for an additional...