The Council Minutes for August 19, 2026 have been posted to the Council Minutes page, for anyone wishing to review them.
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NOTICE OF FILING DATES
CITY OF ZUMBRO FALLS
FOR AFFIDAVITS OF CANDIDACY
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 205.13, Subd. 2, that any person eligible and desiring to have their name placed on the official ballot as a candidate for a City of Zumbro Falls, Minnesota elective office to be voted for at the primary election on August 11, 2026, if required, and the general election on November 3, 2026, shall file their affidavit of candidacy at the City Clerk’s Office, 342 Hwy 60 from the dates of July 14th, 2026 at 8:00 A.M. through June 28th, 2026 at 5:00 P.M.
Elective offices are:
Mayor 2 year term
Council Member 4 year term
Notice: Open Book Appeal – Value or classification of your property
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal and Equalization for City of Zumbro Falls will be open from April 6th, 2026 to May 29th, 2026 – Contact the Assessor’s Office for an appointment Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm (Phone 651-565-3669 or email LBAE@co.wabasha.mmn.us). The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether taxable property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor, and to determine whether correction needs to be made.
If you believe that the value or classification of your property is incorrect, please contact your assessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you are still not satisfied with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appeal before the local Board of Appeal and Equalization. The board shall review the valuation, classification, or both if necessary, and shall correct it as needed. Generally, an appearance before your local Board of Appeal and Equalization is required by law before an appeal can be taken to the County Board of Appeal and Equalization.
Given under my hand this 12th day of March 2026, Blake Hanson, clerk of the City of Zumbro Falls.
Service Line Inventory
The City of Zumbro Falls has completed and submitted our service line materials inventory to the Minnesota Department of Health.
The service line inventory is publicly available, and you can check the materials for your service line by visiting the Lead Inventory Tracking Tool (LITT) at http://maps.umn.edu/LSL/ or you may also contact us at 507-753-2423.
To complete the service line inventory we determined the service line inventory based on the entire service line replacement completed in 2009 after the 1985 statewide lead ban.
As of 10-1-2025, our inventory contains 0 lead, 0 galvanized requiring replacement, 0 unknown material, and 78 non-lead service lines.
2025 Summer Softball Season
Ambulance Service Contract
Lake City Ambulance has requested cost-sharing agreements with each of the cities in its service coverage area to help cover operating cost. The contract payments for the City of Zumbro Falls would be $3,640 a year for 3 years. Please bring forward any questions/concerns or join us at the February 12th city council meeting. This contract will also be available at each of our posting locations.
Consumer Confidence Report
PUBLIC NOTICE
The consumer confidence report has been completed for the City of Zumbro Falls. We will not be mailing or publishing this report, but it can be made available to the public on request by contacting the City Clerk, Blake Hanson, at 507-753-2423.
Zumbro Falls Fire Department
On December 14th ,1907 28 men with probably very little firefighting experience and very little firefighting equipment indicated they would serve and protect the community of Zumbro Falls 116 years ago this was the start of the Zumbro Falls Fire Department I am looking for donations to make sure these 28 men get theirs name engraved on the granite wall at our Home Town Heros Memorial make checks out to the city of Zumbro Falls send them to Bruce Heitmann 467 Christina Ct Zumbro Falls ,Mn 55991 any questions call me 507-208-0708 Thank You.
Wall Engravings
Good morning if you are a retired member of the Zumbro Falls fire dept or a member that would want their name engraved on the wall there are dispensers located by the memorial fill it out and send to the appropriate person a reminder you have to have 5 years or more on the department there is also a dispenser for the VFW at the memorial both dispensers are labeled.




