Litigation is underway in response to the recent Marshall County BZA decision to deny a variance of use for the Tamarack solar project and BZA attorney Derek Jones advised the board in their Tuesday night meeting to be ready for the long haul.

A proposed solar farm in Union Township will not be constructed for the present.

It was a quiet night for a change and the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals as four cases were on the agenda with no opposition.

It was a night for revisiting items tabled items for the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals with the main tabled item for a hedge or treeline depending on interpretation at Lake of the Woods.

After a contentious public hearing that involved patrons shouting down each other and members of the board, the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance of use for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) on 18th Road in Argos.

The Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals awarded a variance of use for a home-based roofing business on Sage Road in their regular meeting on Tuesday.

Residents in the area of Sage Road in Polk Township who were in attendance made their point of view clear to the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday night.