Member City: Cologne, MN

The League offers more learning opportunities than any other city organization. We help you grow your skills and leadership capacity, while exploring emerging issues, promising approaches, and new perspectives.

Highlights of this section

Minnesota Mayoral Summit—March 21, 2012

Join local government officials from across Minnesota to engage in discussion and learn about the benefits, resources, barriers, and challenges to creating citywide systems for learning beyond the classroom.
Read more and register for the 2012 Minnesota Mayoral Summit

Joint Legislative Conference—March 22, 2012

Join hundreds of local officials at the Legislative Conference for Cities, Counties, Schools, and Townships. This event is co-sponsored by the League, Association of Minnesota Counties, Minnesota School Boards Association, and Minnesota Association of Townships.
Read more and register for the 2012 Joint Legislative Conference

2012 Safety & Loss Control Workshops

The most affordable real-world training for city staff is coming to a location near you! Learn how to reduce risk and increase safety for those who work in small cities and public works, or as police, administrators, and insurance agents.
Read more and register for the 2012 Safety & Loss Control Workshops

Recorded Webinar: In the Driver’s Seat—Beating Driver Fatigue

Snowplow drivers may operate 16-18 hours straight during a snow emergency, which can lead to extreme fatigue—and possibly dire consequences. When you participate in this free webinar, you will learn about driver fatigue and how to prevent its consequences.
Access the presentation slides and a recording of this webinar

City Learning Point—professional online training for Minnesota cities

This online training program provides city officials and staff with professional development opportunities created specifically
for them. Sign up now for the new Respectful Workplace course, and check out the Human Resources Basics for Managers Series and the first course in the Land Use Series.
Read more and register for City Learning Point courses

LMC Webinars The League frequently offers webinars on timely issues affecting cities. Recent webinars have been presented on Gov. Dayton's budget proposal, PERA's financial status, and use deed reform. Recordings of the webinars are available in this section of the website.
Access recordings and presentation slides of recent webinars

Police officers can earn POST credits with online training

PATROL—Police Accredited TRaining OnLine—delivers POST-accredited, web-enabled, computer-based learning for peace officers. While PATROL delivers 12 new POST-accredited courses per year, subscribers can earn as many as 16 POST credits per year when they also take PATROL training on POST mandates and OSHA standards. Topics include consent searches, use of deadly force, liability issues in pursuit and emergency response, and much more.
Read more about PATROL