Utah town votes against dissolving government

Published June 20, 2012 8:03am ET



SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voters in a tiny Utah town have struck down a measure that would have dissolved their town government, rejecting a proposal that some said would have led to annexation by a nearby polygamist community.

Preliminary results showed Apple Valley residents voting 167 to 115 against disbanding the town government, town clerk Nathan Bronemann said Tuesday night.

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