The porta potty has been towed away, the makeshift shower has been disassembled and the waste pipe is flowing again at Steve Lang’s Minneapolis home.

His sister Angela called Whistleblower at lunchtime Wednesday to report that crews had fixed the damage done by a wooden pole installed this winter for the city Wi-Fi equipment. My story in today’s paper chronicled the creative ways the Langs maintained their personal hygiene over the weekend.

It took a while to sort out what caused the collapse of the waste pipe, but Angela Lang said one of the contractors at the scene told her an auger had likely nicked the pipe when the pole was put in place. For several months, the pole sank into the ground until it ruptured the pipe last Friday.

Lang said she was told by a city inspector Wednesday that “the city would take care of everything.”

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