Drinking water stations with addresses in Tower and their reported violations in the past:
Y STORE, THE (Address: 6368 Highway 169, Population served: 600, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-19-2002), St Tech Assistance Visit (AUG-19-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (AUG-19-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-19-2002), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-19-2002), St Boil Water Order (AUG-19-2002), St Compliance achieved (JUL-15-2003)
BREITUNG (Population served: 485, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Tower that have no violations reported:
- VERMILION HOUSEBOATS (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- WAYSIDE CAFE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- VERMILION CLUB (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PIER 77 MINI GOLF (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MOCCASIN POINT RESORT/CAMPGROUND (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MARJO MOTEL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PINE TREES RESORT (Address: PO Box 449, Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- VERMILLION LAKE TOWN HALL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.1 people | | Minnesota: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 58.8% | | Whole state: | 66.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 3.4% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 10.7% | | Whole state: | 7.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 1.9% | | Whole state: | 3.2% |
Tower compared to Minnesota state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Tower (2007 data):
- State Bank of Tower: State Bank Of Tower at Main Street, branch established on 1942-02-25. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $52.2 mil, Deposits: $47.9 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Tower Bancshares, Inc.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $6,716 | $80,592 | 0 | $0 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,980 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $5,302 | $63,624 | 1 | $1,088 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $12,018 | $72,108 | 2 | $3,068 |
Tower government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $9,000
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $103,000
All Other: $84,000
Sewerage: $31,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $227,000
Regular Highways: $96,000
Water Utilities: $94,000
Parks & Recreation: $91,000
Health Services - Other: $81,000
Financial Administration: $66,000
Police Protection: $55,000
Fire Protection: $40,000
Sewerage: $29,000
Air Transportation: $22,000
Central Staff Services: $18,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $70,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $43,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $197,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,353,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $112,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $49,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,311,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $105,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $223,000
Interest Earnings: $27,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Health - Other: $69,000
Air Transportation: $39,000
Parks & Recreation: $32,000
General - Other: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $797,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $104,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $171,000
All Other: $59,000
- Tax - Property: $152,000
NEC: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $76,000
4.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,366 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.74% | | Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($273 average AGI)| St. Louis County: | 0.11% | | Minnesota average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,935 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.31% | | Minnesota average: | 7.84% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($224 average AGI)| St. Louis County: | 0.04% | | Minnesota average: | 0.04% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Tower:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WEEP (1400 AM; 1 kW; VIRGINIA, MN; Owner: FULL ARMOR MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KRBT (1340 AM; 1 kW; EVELETH, MN; Owner: IRON RANGE BROADCASTING,INC)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
Strongest FM radio stations in Tower:
- WEVE-FM (97.9 FM; EVELETH, MN; Owner: IRON RANGE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KAOD (106.7 FM; BABBITT, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
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