By NEIL O. NELSON
If Traill County commissioners need a reason to push ahead with the proposed $6.35 million addition to the courthouse, they only have to walk through the county jail.
But they’ve been down that lonely corridor before, a return visit isn’t really necessary.
Nor is it desired; the stench from 55-year-old water and sewer system that is an all-too-common manifestation of the aging addition is a less-than-courteous reminder of the deteriorating condition of the building several commissioners would like to see razed. (more…)