Carlton County Board Weighs Future of Historic Courthouse

Carlton County Board weighs future of historic courthouse

CARLTON — The Carlton County Board of Commissioners is weighing the future of the century-old Carlton County Historic Courthouse and the adjacent former Carlton County Law Enforcement Center in downtown Carlton. On Tuesday, representatives from Klein McCarthy Architects and Adolfson & Peterson Construction presented the board with four options on what to do with the buildings, ranging in cost from roughly $20 to $31 million. Because of the exten…

Future of courthouse considered

The future of the Carlton County Historic Courthouse is expected to cost between $22 million and $32 million, and lies in either expanding and renovating the facilities on the campus or constructing a new office building in the existing parking lot. That's what county commissioners and department heads heard on Tuesday during the committee of the whole meeting in Carlton. Commissioners have...