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Posts tagged as “Ramona”

Millner’s Lake County Dairy Delinquent on 2011 Property Taxes

Hey, you know that big dairy operation up by Ramona whose management has a history of breaking environmental rules and dodging taxes? Lake County Dairy LLC, managed by Rick Millner? Guess who's delinquent on Lake County property taxes: The Lake…

Millner Ramona Dairy Stiffing Madison Contractor $23,000

Last year associates of dairy-disaster-maker Rick Millner purchased the old Swier Dairy near Ramona and renamed it the Lake County Dairy. I warned that if Millner was coming to the county, there was a fair chance that he'd bring his…

Millner Brings Veblen East Immigrant Staff, Risks to Lake County

I won't spend a lot of time blogging about a reporter reporting on my blogging. But my blogging about the Veblen dairies has become part of the story, as Mikkel Pates includes me in his in-depth coverage of the ongoing…

Oldham-Ramona Eliminates Stage for Gym Seats: Sports Beat Arts

The latest Dakota Poll finds moderate concern among South Dakotans that our K-12 public school system is not giving sufficient emphasis to foreign language, music, and art. The Oldham-Ramona school district plans to give the arts even less emphasis. Oldham-Ramona…

Ramona Dairy Has New Owner: Rick Millner Coming to Lake County?

Funny how things come together. Floyd Swier's dairy up by Ramona went out of business recently. It was purchased at the beginning of May for $1,505,000 by Lake County Dairy LLC. Don't be fooled by the name: It's not a…

Local Supers Cool to Rounds K-12 5% Cut

The Madison Daily Leader gets three of our local superintendents on the record about Governor Rounds's proposed 5% cut to state aid for K-12 education. They don't sound happy, but they aren't jumping off any grain elevators yet. They list…