TOWER CITY, N.D. (AP) -- An election to decide whether to build a new school in the Maple Valley School District in southeastern North Dakota is too close to call.
Superintendent Brian Wolf says unofficial results show 59.76 percent of the 753 voters in Tuesday's election in favor of a $10.3 million bond measure. That is just under the 60 percent approval required.
Wolf says 18 absentee ballots will be opened during the election canvassing process on Monday, and official results will then be tallied and announced.
If the measure passes, the school district will close schools in Buffalo and Oriska and bring all students into a renovated school in Tower City. The proposal was narrowly defeated in a January election.