Something is rotten in the city of Lewiston (pop. 1,500). In this burg, located in the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota, just west of Winona, someone is stealing money, drugs and documents from the police department, while a bunch of public records, not to mention $50,000, has apparently disappeared from City Hall, the Winona Daily News reports. The story also notes that records of city meetings are among those destroyed, from as recently as three years ago. Now why would someone want to erase the official record of the actions of public officials?

There’s no mention of the thefts on the city of Lewiston web site, but the it notes that there’s only one-time full-time police employee, presumably the chief, David Kleinschmidt.

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