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MnDOT invites the public to take a survey about the future of the Highway 169 corridor between Taconite and Pengilly. The survey, developed by the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC)
TOWER The city council here, on Monday, approved a motion to request an engineer’s study of options for addressing the community’s lack of wastewater treatment capacity. At a time …
TOWER The city council took steps to improve staffing of the city’s ambulance service, authorizing the hiring of eight new emergency medical responders upon the completion of their …
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Tower council shows little interest in forming police department
Tower-Soudan looks to rely on county for law enforcement Posted
Marshall Helmberger
TOWER Residents here will likely be reliant on the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office for emergency law enforcement response for the foreseeable future, as officials in both Breitung Township and the city of Tower appear reluctant to re-establish a local police department in the wake of the resignation of former chief Dan Nylund.
Last week, Breitung supervisors said liability and expense were two key factors behind their preference to hand over local law enforcement responsibility to either St. Louis County or the city of Tower. Having Tower assume responsibility for establishing local police was Option Two on a list of five alternatives developed during last week’s meeting in Breitung.