Status of Stearns County board member uncertain after emergency guardianship

Status of Stearns County board member uncertain after emergency guardianship

The wife of Commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier was granted emergency guardianship over her husband this month.

Wife wants Stearns County commissioner off board as cognition declines

Longtime Stearns County Board Member Leigh Lenzmeier is under his wife's emergency guardianship even as he says he will finish his term despite cognitive decline.

Stearns County commissioner's wife granted emergency guardianship

ST. CLOUD — A Stearns County commissioner's future on the board is in jeopardy after his wife filed for guardianship, saying he no longer can understand and make decisions on complex issues. On April 7, a Wright County judge granted Alice Lenzmeier, 70, of St. Cloud, emergency guardianship over her husband, county commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier, 77. Leigh Lenzmeier has been at an assisted living facility in Buffalo, called Havenwood, for more than…