Wyoming man says flooding is not his fault

Lindgren says he has been unjustly accused

Alice Pickering
Wyoming Reporter

Open forum discussions dominated the Wyoming City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 17.

Resident Bob Lindgren claims he has been unjustly accused of blocking a culvert that is on his land and intentional flooding the back yard of neighbor Roger Elmore who sits on the city council.  Lindgren said he was more upset that unknown persons have driven on his land without permission.

He said someone has repeatedly flown over it at low altitude. All of which he considers harassment. The area is near Comfort Lake.

Lindgren said he believes Elmore is responsible. He said he does not mind if someone asks to come onto his land to check the area, but he wants them to ask permission and to be there when the visit occurs.  He was also upset with responses from City Administrator Craig Mattson to his complaints.

Elmore said he has not been on the Lindgren property, only hearing from neighbors what was happening.  However, Elmore said he is troubled by his saturated backyard.

Volunteer work builds family, community for award winner

Susan Edseth meets with the disabled and elderly, helps with Great River Greening plantings, has led a local 4-H Club and serves as a booster for the Forest Lake High School Ranger Drum Line, seen here in the background. Washington County recently recognized Edseth with the Outstanding Volunteer award. - Photo by Mark Nicklawske

Forest Lake's Susan Edseth earns county volunteer recognition

by LaDonna Seely
Press Correspondent

FOREST LAKE — Volunteering isn’t just what she does, it’s who she is. For Susan Edseth, 56, of Forest Lake, giving back to her community is a way of life.

Her passions cover the gamut from youth development and the environment, to care giving and supporting music education.

Last month, her efforts were recognized during a Washington County Board meeting when Community Thread, a Stillwater-based organization serving residents throughout Washington County, named Edseth Outstanding Volunteer during National Volunteer Appreciation Week. The Outstanding Volunteer Award recognizes a single volunteer for commendable volunteer service in at least one organization during a span of one or more years.

Peterson wants land detached, annexed to Chisago City

Wyoming City Council is opposed, votes down request

Alice Pickering, Wyoming Reporter Forest Lake Times

The city of Wyoming continues to encourage businesses to locate and remain within the city and in Chisago County, but not at the price of relinquishing any part of the city itself.

Council members on Tuesday, April 19 unanimously voted against a request by Peterson Companies to detach an estimated seven acres from the eastern side of the city so that it might be annexed to Chisago City.

The request by John Peterson, owner of Peterson Companies, sought to rearrange city boundaries so that the land he owns is in one municipality. With the merger of Wyoming Township and the city, Peterson’s business property is divided by the boundary line. Minnesota state laws allow incorporated land to be simultaneously detached from one municipality and annexed to another.

Wyoming council takes citizen complaint about problem parcel under advisement; site clean-up to get underway soon

BY DENISE MARTIN, Chisago County Press

The Wyoming Council session April 5 began with a citizen complaint during public microphone about a property that's been on regulators' radar screens for at least 10 years. Formerly the township's problem-- with the recent consolidation the nuisance site is now the city's concern.

Authorities were first advised about issues having to do with unidentified septic systems and a clandestine landfill on this site in 2000. The prior owner asked the County Board for a market valuation decrease, due to inability to sell the parcel. At that time the man was also seeking MN Pollution Control Agency Super Fund cleanup aid. The PCA did site research and sampling of soils and concluded the site didn't qualify for further involvement. That resident has since relinquished the contract for deed and moved on.

Although the city council heard concerns from neighbor David Lunn about pollutants last week, according to the PCA, a year-long analysis of water in the ditch near 250th and Fallbrook did not reveal any "evidence of human contamination," and in August 2000 the township was notified the PCA had concluded its investigation.