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Jail inspection spurs county to push ahead with addition to courthouse

December 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment

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…)

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