Nobles County commissioners take the action during Tuesday meeting.
8:41 am, May 5, 2021
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WORTHINGTON — After years of working with property owners to address a public health nuisance, Nobles County Community Services requested action from commissioners Tuesday to raze a house at 108 Kentucky Ave., Adrian. The home is owned by LeRoy and Lori Pettibone, who continue to reside at the residence.
The county’s public health unit has responded to complaints about the property since the fall of 2019, and nuisance issues continue to persist.
Jason Kloss, environmental health manager with Southwest Health and Human Services, completed an updated inspection of the home on April 8. His report details numerous concerns, from food residue and food packaging and debris accumulating in every room of the property to human feces accumulating in the toilet, animal feces accumulating on the floor, non-functioning freezers and a refrigerator that contained decaying food, animal and insect access points, a non-functioning water heater, no water service, a rodent infestation, an exterior propane tank tilting off its base and numerous other issues related to electricity and HVAC.