A groundbreaking ceremony will take place for the future home of the Hormel Foods Early Childhood Education Center, located on 17th Ave NW, just north of the Holiday Inn. A quorum of Council may be present. No official city business will be discussed.
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Austin is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,174 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mower County. Austin is located at the intersection of Interstate Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 218 in the southeastern part of the state.
The town was originally settled along the Cedar River and it has two man-made lakes called East Side Lake and Mill pond. The town was named for Austin R. Nichols, the first settler in the area.
