Empire officially will become Minnesota's newest city on Tuesday

The votes are counted - Empire officially will become Minnesota's newest city on Tuesday when the new mayor and City Council are sworn in.

There were 319 votes cast in the Valentine's Day special election. Trent Larsen will become Empire's first mayor after beating each of the other candidates by 200 votes. Tom Kaldunski, Danny Rubio, Eric Hanson and Marla Vagts will fill the four City Council seats.

"It feels pretty good," Larsen said. "I didn't expect anything."

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