Yellow Medicine county getting new courthouse

The county is taking construction bids for the $5.7 million project.

March 25, 2015 at 9:20PM

Yellow Medicine County is taking bids for the construction of a new courthouse in Granite Falls.

County board members approved plans for the estimated $5.7 million project Tuesday.

The new two-story facility, which officials are calling the Justice Center, will go up near the original courthouse built in the late 1800s. It will feature two courtrooms as well as other offices including police, sheriff, probation, county attorney and court administration. The old courthouse will be torn down after employees are moved into the new building.

Officials hope to have new construction completed in the summer of 2016.

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Pam Louwagie is a regional reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She previously covered courts and legal affairs and was on the newspaper's investigative team. She now writes frequently about a variety of topics in northeast Minnesota and around the state and region.

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