Freeborn County pay dispute raises question: How much is a rural sheriff worth?

Kurt Freitag asked his employer for a raise. More than a year later, that request has turned into a bitter battle over how much a rural Minnesota county can afford to pay its sheriff.

Freitag, who was first elected sheriff of Freeborn County in 2014, contends that he's underpaid compared with sheriffs in similar counties.

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