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With Election Day quickly approaching on Nov. 7, many Beltrami County residents will have just one item on their ballot: a referendum on how to fund the new jail for the county.
In a special meeting on Wednesday morning, the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners approved a donation agreement for the Crown Property as the site of the new county jail.