Zach Tabatt- Baxter City Council Member

09/13/2025

The continuation of the Crow Wing County Housing Trust Fund is a benefit for the taxpayers and economy of Baxter and the entire county.

The housing trust fund is an investment in economic development with immediate and long-term benefits.

07/23/2025

Come join us for the 20th Annual Night to Unite August 5, 2025 from 5pm to 8pm at Oscar Kristofferson Park.

07/23/2025

We are excited to welcome Officer Luke Hall to our department. Officer Hall was sworn in on July 1, 2025 and we are excited for the amount of knowledge and professionalism he brings to our agency.

06/14/2025

This is not what America is about. Hoping for swift justice and strong, unanimous condemnation of this heinous crime.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot Saturday morning in Brooklyn Park in what Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.” Walz said another Democratic lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife were also shot.

03/21/2025

Thank you for your interest in the Policy Fellows program! The application for the 2025-2026 cohort is now open until Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CST.PrerequisitesApplicants must:

03/12/2025

While this might be well intended, it moves decisions about local neighborhoods to the State Capitol where local residents won’t have recourse when things don’t go according to plan.

Legislature to revisit zoning reform and push for more multi-family housing across the state

02/15/2025

Baxter residents and anyone who visits Baxter, please check out the MNDOT page on the 371/210 interchange. This project WILL permanently change the way we navigate the city and you input is important.

View full-size mapMnDOT, in partnership with the city of Baxter and Crow Wing County, will design and construct a new intersection at Hwy 210 and Hwy 371, which includes the BNSF railroad. Planning and design is expected to continue through 2027, with construction

12/20/2024

02/10/2024

Please provide input into this plan. Each of the options has different costs and benefits and we are depending on the public to know what is important to you. Also, we need to know what you value enough to invest in. Our parks are locally funded.

OSCAR KRISTOFFERSON PARK PLAN - Project Overview
The City of Baxter is working with Widseth to develop an update to the 2015 Oscar Kristofferson Park Plan. This vital hub for public recreation is located just north of Highway 210 near the Warrior Early Learning Center on the west side of Baxter. The park hosts many residents and visitors throughout the year and is a staple for youth sports.

The goals for this portion of our planning effort are:
1. Confirm the goals and expectations for the park with your public comments.
2. Review parking capacity for current and future proposed amenities.
3. Discuss and prioritize future park amenities using the concepts below to guide this feedback.

Next Steps:
Public Open House @ Baxter City Hall February 29th 6-8pm. This will be an open format with printed park concepts to offer feedback directly to our team. In addition, there will be a survey we will be asking attendees to fill out. If you are not able to attend in person, we will have the survey available on this website to fill out. Your feedback is a vital next step in providing a community driven final masterplan.

Please visit the project website at https://widseth.com/okparkplan/

10/05/2023

Professor Jacobs and former Congressman Weber are doing a good thing. Diversity of thought is important. It is hard to be an independent thinker and to draw well-grounded conclusions if we refuse to listen to each other.

On Wednesday night, former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney will give a lecture at the University of Minnesota. Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the U, is teaming up with former Republican Minnesota Rep. Vin W...

09/18/2023

We want to incorporate our community into the ReStore through our $100K Club!

🌟Donate $100 to be one of the 1,000 members of the club and we'll place your name on a brick in our donor wall in the new building.
🌟Tag or share this post with your friends that you want to be part of the club, too!

Donate here: https://app.donorview.com/4yEmy

08/20/2023

The Paul Bunyan State Trail is 115 miles long. It's the longest of Minnesota's state trails and the longest continuously paved rail-trail in the country. There is a map to download on the Minnesota DNR website below.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/paul_bunyan/index.html