BLUE EARTH– Construction on County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 19 is now scheduled to begin on May 11 according to Denny Wick of the Faribault County Public Works Department.

“Road conditions caused a delay in the start of the road work,” Wick told the Faribault County Board members at their meeting on Tuesday. “There were six or seven soft spots in the road that we ended up digging out. We put fabric down and added some rock and those spots now seem to be in good shape.”

Wick said the contractor for the project, Ulland Brothers, would begin by shaping the road.

“If all goes well, the paving could begin a week later,” Wick commented.

Wick also had a resolution for the board to pass for a detour agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).

“Because the state is about to begin work on, and adjacent to, Highway 22 from 350 feet south of 12th Street to the north junction of Highway 109, and adjacent to Highway 109 from 1,650 feet west of Half Moon Drive to the junction of Highway 22, they are requiring a detour,” Wick explained. “The detour will be CSAH 21 and the county will receive a reimbursement of $60,784 from the state. That amount could increase to a maximum of $122,000 if the county were to prove more damages were done to the road.”

The resolution passed.

Sentence to Serve (STS) representatives Jason Casias and Eli Redenius attended the meeting to give the commissioners an update on the STS program.

“Working with Martin County we have been able to have an average crew size of 2.89 people,” Casias commented. “We have had 31 males and 11 females working as part of the program since Jan. 1 of this year.”

In other news, the board:

— Approved the training requests of Kelly Hendrickson and Eva Steele of the Faribault County Recorder’s Office to attend the Minnesota County Recorder’s Association Annual Meeting.

— Approved the request of Hendrickson to attend the 2026 Fidlar Education Symposium for software training.