ML school board approves property purchase

The Medical Lake School District maintenance staff is going to have a new place to put their equipment.

At its Nov. 22 meeting, the board of directors approved a resolution to purchase property located at South Brower and East Grace streets, across the street from the Post Office, at a cost of $299,999. The district will own the property effective Dec. 1.

The property includes a 7,500-square-foot building. Five thousand square feet of that space will be used to store maintenance equipment. Chad Moss, director of finance, said the rest of the building could be used for office space and professi...