Rails Inn evictions on hold

Last Monday, tenants at the Rails Inn, a motel on 2nd Street converted into low-income apartments, found handwritten notes from owner Jim Dewitt of Glasgow taped to their doors, telling them they were evicted and had 72 hours to vacate.

The note said that rent hadn't been paid and no insurance had been paid on the building.

That apparently meant that Havre realtor Sheila Forshee, who leased the building, had not made her payment or purchased insurance.

The note sent some of the residents in a panic and created concern at local social service agencies who wondered how they would care for the es...