County Board pushes for resolution to Shaw Library quandary

Carlton County Board of Commissioners aim to make a decision in early December on funding the Carlton County Historical Society for budget year 2019 and where to house the Society's future activities.

An architectural firm has offered $50,000 for the building and is willing to commit to a major upgrade to the building, resolving major structural issues. Major water damage occurred in the 2012 Flood and neither the county -- which owns the building -- or CCHS has the money to invest in the property.

The Board decided on this course of action Oct. 22, after the Committee of the Whole had unanimo...