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Public Notices · Weekly

Public Notices, Read for You

The law makes local governments post certain notices. It does not make anyone read them. We do, every week, and tell you what each one means for Magnolia.

By The Magnolia Standard · Checked November 12, 2026 · Updated every week

A water system has to tell its customers when it misses a required test. A city has to announce a budget hearing before it holds one. A county has to post the agenda before commissioners vote. All of it is public. Almost none of it reaches the people it is about, because it sits on a page of a government website, or in small type in a printed paper most of Magnolia does not get.

This page fixes that. Each week we go through the places where notices for 77354 and 77355 get posted. If one matters to people here, it goes on this page in plain language, in English and Spanish. Every entry says who posted it and when, what it means, what you can do about it, and links to the official notice so you can read the original.

On the board now

Schools · Monday, November 16, 6:30 p.m.

The Magnolia ISD board votes on naming Elementary No. 10 Kresston Elementary and on its first $5.9 million of construction.

The posted agenda also has a design review of the high school additions and the purchase of library materials, which a 2025 state law now requires the board to approve.

What you can do: speak during audience participation. Turn in a request form at least 15 minutes before the meeting; each speaker gets three minutes. Read the agenda. Our story.

Groundwater · Adopted November 9

The region's 2080 groundwater goal is signed. Montgomery County's is no less than 70 percent of available drawdown remaining.

The five districts of Groundwater Management Area 14, Lone Star among them, signed the resolution on November 9. It sets a number for each of 20 counties and does not mention subsidence. The Lone Star district still has to adopt it at its own meeting after the state reviews the package.

What you can do: once Lone Star adopts it, anyone affected has 120 days to file a petition with the district asking for a hearing on whether the goal is reasonable (Water Code 36.1083). Read the resolution. Our story.

Land · Thursday, November 19, 9:30 a.m.

Two changes to the High Meadow West plat go to a public hearing at Commissioners Court.

High Meadow West is west of Magnolia in the Magnolia school district, though its homes carry 77316 mailing addresses. Montgomery County posted two hearing notices in late September:

  • Lot 26, Block 1, Section One. The replat would add acreage to the lot and remove the road stub off Marfa Lane. It would be known as High Meadow West Section 3.
  • Restricted Reserve "A", Block 4, Section Two. The replat would split the reserve into two reserves.

State law (Local Government Code 232.009) requires mailed notice to every owner within 200 feet of each tract. Each notice says the replat does not affect property lines outside its boundary.

What you can do: speak at the hearing, Commissioners Court, 501 N. Thompson, 4th floor, Conroe. Questions go to the county office listed on the notices, (936) 539-7828. Read the notices for Lot 26 and Marfa Lane and Reserve "A".

Election · Monday, November 16, 9:30 a.m.

Commissioners Court meets in special session to make the November 3 results official.

The only business item on the agenda is the order to canvass the returns and declare the results of the November 3, 2026 general election. Until the canvass, the county's posted totals are unofficial. The agenda includes citizen comments.

What you can do: attend or check the results at elections.mctx.org. Our Results Edition has every race on Greater Magnolia's ballot. Read the agenda.

Water · City of Magnolia water system

The city posted three notices about missed water tests and reports. All three are back in compliance, and no boil order was needed.

On August 7, 2026 the City of Magnolia's water system (state ID TX 1700020) posted notices that Texas requires when a system misses monitoring or reporting deadlines. These were not notices of unsafe water. They say the required checks were not done on time:

  • Lead and copper. The system is required to take 40 tap samples every six months. It took none for January through June 2025 and 20 of 40 for July through December 2025. The notice says a full set was collected and the system returned to compliance on July 3, 2026.
  • Coliform follow-up. After a routine sample tested positive for total coliform bacteria, the city had to file a follow-up assessment by March 20, 2026 and did not. It finished the assessment on May 12, found no defects, and the state accepted it on June 8.
  • Chlorine report. A quarterly disinfectant report for July through September 2025 was not filed on time. The city says it was back in compliance on March 26, 2026.

What you can do: nothing is required. The notice says you do not need to boil water. Anyone with a weakened immune system, anyone pregnant, and parents of infants can ask their doctor about drinking water in general. Questions go to Public Works Director Charles Stroud at 281-356-2266. Read the city's notice.

Where we look

These are the places we check every week. If you know of one we are missing, tell us.

  • City of Magnolia: news and notices, council and board agendas, minutes
  • Montgomery County: Commissioners Court agendas, election notices, county road and bond notices
  • Magnolia ISD: board of trustees agendas and posted hearings
  • Utility districts (MUDs) with customers in 77354 and 77355: board agendas, rate and tax hearings
  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: pending permits in Montgomery County near Magnolia (water, wastewater, air)
  • TxDOT Houston District: hearings and closures on FM 1488, FM 1774, FM 1486 and FM 2978
  • Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District: well permit hearings, rules and the regional groundwater limits

What we print and what we don't

We print what a notice says and what it means, with the official link. We do not add a verdict on top of it. Some notices name private people: foreclosure postings, tax sale lists, a court notice served by publication. We do not reprint those names here. When a sale list touches Magnolia, we may report how many properties are on it and when the sale is, and point you to the official list.

This page is not the legal publication of any notice and does not replace it. The official version is the one the government posts. If we get something wrong, write to editor@themagnoliastandard.news and we will fix it and say so.

Sources: Magnolia ISD agenda for the November 16, 2026 regular meeting; GMA 14 Resolution 2026-11-9, signed November 9, 2026; Montgomery County notices of public hearing on the High Meadow West replats (September 2026); Montgomery County Commissioners Court special session agenda for November 16, 2026; City of Magnolia notices posted August 7, 2026 (water system TX 1700020).