COTTAGE GROVE – City officials in Cottage Grove invited community members to a town hall meeting last week to discuss options for balancing the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The library is facing a proposed 56% budget cut, and there is a proposal to completely eliminate funding for the Warren Doherty Aquatic Center.
Roughly 150 people filled the Armory on Thursday night. By a show of hands, around 90% of the crowd was there…
