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Towns Look to Fight Questionable Annexation Through Suit
Jack Speerstra could have waited until much of his town got gobbled up by a nearby city. But the chairman of Trempealeau county’s town of Lincoln opted to sue instead. Lincoln and the town of Burnside are suing the city of Independence over a bubble annexation of a chunk of land specifically meant to shield a frac sand mining from county regulation and incorporate into the city. Clearly a sham, says Speerstra
Similar annexations have previously occurred in Trempealeau because of that county’s mining regulations. The state has determined that the annexation violated state rules.
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