STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF OTTER TAIL IN DISTRICT COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case Type: Condemnation
Court File No.: 56-CV-24-1909

State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation,
Petitioner,
vs.
Polman Transfer Properties LLP, et al.
Respondents.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE

To the Respondents hereinabove named:
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on December 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Michael D. Fritz, in the Courthouse at Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Otter Tail Court Administration. The remote hearing may be accessed by video at https://Zoomgov.com/join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 160 021 7959 and the Meeting Password is 725074. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein.
YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of January 27, 2025. 
YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 27, 2025.  All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by January 27, 2025.
YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. 

Dated: August 28, 2024 KEITH ELISON
Attorney General
State of Minnesota
  /s/Erik M. Johnson
ERIK M. JOHNSON  
Assistant Attorney General
Atty. Reg. No. 0247522
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800
St. Paul, MN  55101-2134
(651) 757-1476 (Voice)
(651) 282-2525(TTY)
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER