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The city is losing gravitas and a federal monitor that would come with a Justice Department consent decree. But a similar state agreement remains.
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Of the 140 goats he moved to a Bovey property to help manage shrubs and brush, 92 died.
The two men had one thing in common: I was their boss.
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Prosecutors say the charges are in connection with the real estate fraud perpetrated by former Mayo nurse anesthesist Matthew Onofrio.