MADISON — Carroll County commissioners are now considering seizing land from the Village District of Eidelweiss in Madison that hosts a communications tower used by emergency services.
Eidelweiss official had sent an eviction notice for the tower on Aug. 19, saying the county failed for nine years to comply with the terms of a lease. They gave the county until Dec. 31 to vacate the Madison property.
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