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Previously, new patrol deputies were paid $22 an hour, although most recently they were paid $32.51 an hour.

But Sheriff Marty Kelly said he has trouble filling his own positions. He said he currently has five qualified applicants for the county’s four job openings

Kelly said he has his own problems filling all the spots on his staff. Currently, he has four job openings for patrol deputies and five qualified applicants

"We no longer have a police force," said Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck.

But Sheriff Marty Kelly said he has trouble filling his own positions. He said he currently has five qualified applicants for the county’s four job openings

The City of Goodhue will turn to the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office for coverage

An entire Minnesota city police force resigns over allegedly low salary with the chief arguing that they have had zero new applications to the department.

Monday night, the city council accepted the resignation of two full-time and five part-time officers.

Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson-Buck said she was blindsided by the move, which came over a heated dispute over low pay on Monday. The town is set to be left without a single cop.