Community tensions are rising in Valley as multiple city officials have resigned and a petition to recall Mayor Cindy Grove has been filed.

Watch Hannah's story: Valley residents divided as mayor faces recall petition, city officials resign

Valley's Building Inspector, Rune Van Den Boogaart,

and City Administrator Cameron Gales have resigned. In his resignation letter, Gales stated that elected officials had shared "racist and disrespectful" text messages about him.

"There's definitely been some articles in newspapers already outlining some of the text messages that unfortunately have been coming out. That just creates a lot of uncertainty for the staff because the staff is all just here trying to do their job," Mayor Cindy Grove said.

Last month, concerned residents filed a petiti

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