White Earth Nation purchases properties for sober-living

The White Earth Nation finalized the purchase of four troubled apartment buildings in Bemidji on Monday with plans to rehab the properties and turn them into a sober-living environment.

The conditions at Ridgeway Court I & II have deteriorated rapidly over the past year after the previous owner, North Dakota-based NETA Property Management, effectively abandoned the properties. The situation was the subject of a Reformer story in August.

Residents complained for months about squatters taking over vacant units, where they smashed windows, stole appliances and copper pipes and used drugs.

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