1-04-2024 8:33pm

New Anoka County Jail Project In Limbo After Board Vote

Tom Akaolisa Editor

A project to build a new Anoka County Jail is in limbo.

The Anoka County Board Dec. 19 failed to pass a resolution, a six-page document, that would have approved final design, submission of plans to the city of Anoka for approval and preparation of specifications, plus bidding/letting for construction of a new jail in the city.

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