City officials sought to keep Scott Holman on the force, a judge said, but they were left with little choice other than to terminate him once he was unable to testify in cases he investigated.
Cloquet Police Chief Steve Stracek was exonerated of all allegations and reinstated but also agreed to retire from the city's police department under the terms of a "separation and release agreement" reached early Wednesday after a marathon.
The former Cloquet police chief said he was happy to finish his career back home in Duluth. He'll hand over head of patrol duties to an officer who has worked in nearly every capacity in the department.
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