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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a June vote by the St. Anthony City Council denying a proposed Islamic center that supporters had hoped to open in one of the suburb's light-industrial areas.
The department would not reveal details but said the "formalized" federal investigation followed a preliminary fact-finding stage.
"Our goal continues to be to resolve this dispute to the satisfaction of everyone involved," spokeswoman Jeanne Cooney said in an email Monday, Oct. 29.