Goats are out again, it read.
No further explanation was needed, because every deputy in Grant County knew exactly what it meant. Since April last year, they ve paid more than two dozen visits to one home in this western Minnesota town of 1,200 residents.
Complaints by neighbors have included goats on the loose. Dogs on the run. Trash piles and junk vehicles. Flying a Confederate flag. Posting a threatening sign.
Yet trash still litters the lawn. The dogs still roam free. The junk vehicles haven t moved. Because the owner of the property, 32-year-old Brian M. Nelson, doesn t believe the law applies to him.