Annexation Plans Opposed

The city of International Falls is stepping into the debate over annexation plans by the city of Rainier.

The city says it's opposing the plans because it includes part of the City Beach, the Foreign Trade Zone and land where a road to that zone would be build.

City Administrator Rod Otterness says the city only learned two weeks of a map showing the impact area.

"It took us multiple conversations to get that map," says Otterness. "In fact, we we're informed by a county employee the county made a decision not to publish that map."

Koochiching County Commissioner Wade Pavlech, who attended last night's council meeting, denied the county was withholding any information regarding the annexation plans.