MADISON — The commissioners for the Village District of Eidelweiss have rejected a county commissioner’s request to ease lease requirements for a county-owned communications tower used by first responders.
Eidelweiss officials, who say the county failed for nine years to comply with the terms of the lease, sent an eviction notice for the tower on Aug. 19 and gave the county until Dec. 31 to vacate the Madison property.
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