Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag has notified the county he will appeal his 2021 salary set by the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners earlier this month. The board set Freitag’s salary at $101,010. Freitag, who is in his sixth year as sheriff, had requested a 2021 salary of $122,370. During the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the commissioners approved a resolution appointing a law firm as the county’s legal counsel for the case.
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