Fergus County to replace courthouse elevator starting July 7, service interruption expected

Jun 10, 2025

Fergus County announced a courthouse elevator replacement beginning July 7; the presiding speaker said the elevator will be out of service for "approximately 40 days," though another remark in the exchange suggested it might be "4 total days," creating a discrepancy the county should clarify.

The full story

During announcements at the June 11 Fergus County meeting, the presiding speaker said the courthouse elevator "will be replaced starting July 7" and that it "will be out of service for approximately 40 days." A follow-up question in the same exchange asked whether that meant 40 working days. The presiding speaker then said, "I think it's just 4 total days," reflecting conflicting statements about the expected duration of the outage.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in