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Envelope creates stir at Thomson vote site

While some places in the country received bomb threats on Election Day, Carlton County was relatively incident free — with one major exception.

“A suspicious envelope was left at a polling booth in Thomson Township,” said Carlton County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Doug Rotta, noting that the call came at 5:28 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, while voting was still underway.

The discovery did not disrupt voting at Thomson Township, Rotta said. The building was not cleared and people continued voting as usual.

“It didn’t turn out to be anything hazardous or a public safety threat,” Rotta said. “It had some writin...