FILING NOTICE FOR FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP

Affidavits of candidacy may be filed with the town clerk beginning December 31, 2019 thru January 14, 2020, 5:00 PM.

Offices to be filled are:
One Supervisor, – 3-year term currently held by: David Galbraith
One Treasurer, - 2-year term currently held by: Marianne Auge

You can call Marianne Auge to file or for more information. 218-232-1207

Marianne Auge, Clerk

Published in Northland Press Tuesday, December 10, 2019 and Tuesday, December 17, 2019

City of Federal Dam seeking competitive bids

The City of Federal Dam is seeking competitive bids for the 2019/20 winter season with the option to extend the contract for up to two additional years. The contractors will plow snow and salt the city streets on an "as needed" basis during winter when paved roads accumulate 1 or more inches of snow or graveled roads accumulate 3 or more inches of snow. Other services such as grading of graveled roads, mowing ditches and street sweeping of curbed and guttered streets are also needed for the 2020 spring/summer/fall months with the option to extend the contract for up to two additional years. All bids must be received by 10 January 2020. If submitting a bid contact the City of Federal Dam for a map of the city streets. If you have any questions about submitting a quote, please call or email Martha Lavrenz-Johnson- City Clerk-Treasurer at office # 218-654-3046 or cityoffederaldam@gmail.com.

The council reserves the right to reject any and all quotes. All interested persons can mail their quotes to:

City of Federal Dam
222 Main Street
City of Federal Dam, MN 56641

Published in Northland Press Tuesday, December 3, 2019, December 10, 2019, December 17, 2019 and December 24, 2019

CITY OF CROSSLAKE NOTICE OF HEARING

Pursuant to Minnesota State Statute 462, and the Crosslake Zoning Ordinance, you are hereby notified of a public hearing on the following land use application(s) before the City of Crosslake Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment on December 27, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. in the Crosslake City Hall, 37028 County Road 66, Crosslake, MN 56442

ON-SITES: The Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment members will be conducting on-site visits on December 27, 2019 for the December 27, 2019 Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment meeting. The board members and staff will be leaving the Crosslake City Hall at 8:00 A.M.

PETITION FOR A VARIANCE:
Donald H Pegler, Jr Irrev GST Trust: 13504 East Shore Drive, City of Crosslake. To request a variance for an auxiliary quarters size increase.

PETITION FOR A SUBDIVISION:
Andrew Nelson: 15336 Wilderness Trl, City of Crosslake. To request a Metes & Bounds subdivision.

Applications on the website may or may not be approved as submitted.

Published in Northland Press Tuesday, December 10, 2019

NOTICE CITY OF FIFTY LAKES
Planning Commission Vacancies

The City of Fifty Lakes will have three openings on the Planning Commission / Board of Adjustment. Members review and/or approve variances, conditional use permits, interim use permits, zoning district boundary changes, preliminary plats, metes and bounds property divisions, ordinances and the Comprehensive plan.

Applicants must be a registered voter in the City of Fifty Lakes or a property owner in the City of Fifty Lakes. Anyone interested should apply in writing no later than 1PM on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 to the City Hall, PO Box 125, Fifty Lakes MN 56448, (or fax: 218-763-5113 or Email: 50lakes@emily.net).

If there are any questions please call 763-3113.

Karen L. Stern
Clerk-Treasurer

Published in Northland Press Tuesday, December 10, 2019 and Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Notice of Rate Increase Northland Press

The Northland Press will be increasing their Open Rate charge per column inch from $9.90 per column inch to $10.00 per column inch starting on January 14, 2019. Note: This will not effect the legal rate for cities or townships that have the Northland Press as their primary designated legal newspaper.

Published in Northland Press Tuesday, December 10, 2019 and Tuesday, December 17, 2019

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT FOR DEED

YOU ARE NOTIFIED:
1. Default has occurred in the Contract for Deed ("Contract") dated February 13, 2002, in which Whitebirch, Inc. as seller, sold to Douglas E. Sparby and Vaunee V. Sparby, as purchaser(s), the real property in Crow Wing County, Minnesota described as follows:

Lot 3, BLOCK 1, Common Interest Community #1035, Whitebirch Estates, according to theplat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Registrar of Titles in and for said County.

Use Period 25 odd years
Subject to mineral reservations on Outlot “C” of Twenty-Sixth Addition to Breezy Point Estates

Check here if all or part of the described property is - Torrens

2. The default is as follows:
Failure of Douglas E. Sparby and Vaunee V. Sparby as purchasers to pay monthly installments of $136.29 from March 2013 through November 2018, for a total sum due and owing to Whitebirch, Inc. of $11,703.20 including interest.

3. For contracts executed after August 1, 1976, and prior to August 1,1985, the purchase price was NA and the amount of the purchase price paid by purchaser is NA, which is N/A% of the purchase price, as calculated in the manner required by Minnesota Statues §559.21, subd. 1e.

4. The conditions contained in Minnesota Statutes §559.209 have been complied with or are not applicable.

5. THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU THAT BY THIS NOTICE THE SELLER HAS BEGUN PROCEEDINGS UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 559.21, TO TERMINATE YOUR CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF YOUR PROPERTY FOR THE REASONS SPECIFIED IN THIS NOTICE. THE CONTRACT WILL TERMINATE 90 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. UNLESS BEFORE THEN:

(A) THE PERSON AUTHORIZED IN THIS NOTICE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS RECEIVES FROM YOU:

(1) THE AMOUNT THIS NOTICE SAYS YOU OWE; PLUS

(2) THE COSTS OF SERVICE (TO BE SENT TO YOU); PLUS

(3) $500.00 TO APPLY TO ATTORNEYS' FEES ACTUALLY EXPENDED OR INCURRED; PLUS

(4) FOR CONTRACTS EXECUTED ON OR AFTER MAY 1, 1980, ANY ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BECOMING DUE UNDER THE CONTRACT TO THE SELLER AFTER THIS NOTICE WAS SERVED ON YOU; PLUS

(5) FOR CONTRACTS, OTHER THAN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACTS, PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, AND EXERCISED OPTIONS, EXECUTED ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1985, $234.06 (WHICH IS TWO PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT IN DEFAULT AT THE TIME OF SERVICE OTHER THAN THE FINAL BALLOON PAYMENT, ANY TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, MORTGAGES, OR PRIOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE ASSUMED BY YOU); OR

(B) YOU SECURE FROM A COUNTY OR DISTRICT COURT AN ORDER THAT THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT BE SUSPENDED UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS OR DEFENSES ARE FINALLY DISPOSED OF BY TRIAL, HEARING OR SETTLEMENT. YOUR ACTION MUST SPECIFICALLY STATE THOSE FACTS AND GROUNDS THAT DEMONSTRATE YOUR CLAIMS OR DEFENSES.

IF YOU DO NOT DO ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE ABOVE THINGS WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THIS NOTICE, YOUR CONTRACT WILL TERMINATE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD AND YOU WILL LOSE ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE PAID ON THE CONTRACT; YOU WILL LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY; YOU MAY LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO ASSERT ANY CLAIMS OR DEFENSES THATYOU MIGHT HAVE; AND YOU WILL BE EVICTED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY.

6. The name, mailing address, street address or location and telephone number of the seller or of an attorney authorized by the seller to accept payments pursuant to this notice is:

Name:
Joyce Bzoskie,
Whitebirch, Inc.
Seller

Mailing Address:
9252 Breezy Point Drive
Breezy Point, MN 56472

Street Address or Location where the Seller or the Attorney will accept payment pursuant to this notice: Whitebirch, Inc.
9252 Breezy Point Drive
Breezy Point, MN 56472

Telephone: (218) 562-4204

Published in Northland Press: Tuesday, December 10, 2019, December 17, 2019 and December 24, 2019

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF CASS DISTRICT COURT
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Case Type: Quiet Title
Court File No. 11-CV-19-2064

SUMMONS
Ann Marie Waterhouse; Beth E. Waterhouse; and Tom R. Waterhouse, Plaintiffs,
vs.
Grant B. Waterhouse; Ardis R. Waterhouse; William R. Waterhouse; and the unknown heirs of Grant B. Waterhouse and Ardis R. Waterhouse, Defendants.

THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS.

1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiffs have started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiffs' Complaint against you is on file in the Office of the Court Administrator of the above-named Court. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this Summons.

2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this Summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this Summons located at: 30 Third Street SE, Suite 400 P.O. Box 549 Rochester, MN 55903-0549

3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiffs' Complaint. In your Answer, you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiffs should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not Answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiffs everything asked for in the Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.

7. THIS LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING INTO QUESTION TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY located in the County of Cass, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows:

See Exhibit A attached hereto.

The object of this action is to determine adverse claims and to establish Plaintiffs' title to the above-described property.

Dated: November 21, 2019
DUNLAP & SEEGER, P.A.
By /s/ William J. Ryan
William J. Ryan, Reg. No. 94900
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
30 Third Street SE, Suite 400
P.O. Box 549
Rochester, MN 55903-0549
Telephone: (507) 288-9111

Exhibit A

That portion of Government Lot Three (3), Section Eight (8), Township One Hundred Forty (140) North, Range Twenty-Six (26) West of the Fifth (5th) Principal Meridian, Cass County, Minnesota, described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the Northwest corner of Lot Five (5), First Addition to Birchwood Terrace; thence in an Easterly direction along the North line of said Lot Five (5) a distance of Three Hundred Eighteen (318) feet to a point; thence in a Northwesterly direction on a line extending through a point One Hundred (100) feet due North of the Northwest corner of said Lot Five (5), and continuing to a point on the Easterly boundary of the Township roadway; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the Easterly boundary of said Township roadway to point of beginning.

Published in Northland Press: Tuesday, November 26, 2019,December 3, 2019 and December 10, 2019

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