The city of International Falls says its making good progress in its efforts to tear down derelict residential buildings.
The city's initiated a fight-on-blight program about five years ago.
The city's building inspector Kelly Meyers says crews have been fairly busy this year taking care of unsightly properties and removing old buildings.
"Since about the first of the year we've done about eighteen buildings," says Meyers. "They've been house and garages, some of them very dilapidated homes that needed to be removed. We've also done some sheds and individual homes that have gone past their prime."
The city's now looking at some modifications to the ordinance to help it deal with repeat offenders, especially with unsightly lawns.
