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Day: September 19, 2024

Lincoln County Board Approves Pine Crest Nursing Home Relisting

Steve Dillon

LINCOLN COUNTY – The Lincoln County Board met Tuesday evening, September 17, and almost half of the 3-hour meeting was spent discussing the situation surrounding county owned nursing facility Pine Crest. The process of reviewing the facilities financial challenges and entertaining potential solutions started more than two years ago with the forming of an ad-hoc review committee. Board Members had rejected a resolution in August that would have placed a Pine Crest funding referendum on the November ballot. Following lengthy debate and public comment from the citizen group People for…

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Lincoln County Board Approves Use of Opioid Settlement Funds for ICPG Contract

Steve Dillon

LINCOLN COUNTY – As a part of the Lincoln County Opioid Task Force meeting on Wednesday, September 11, Environmental Health Technician Erin Ray shared that the Board of Health has approved the use of $10,000 ARPA Public Health funds for the ICPG assessment. The proposal was then placed before the Lincoln County Board at their Tuesday September 17 meeting, and the resolution to use $30,000 Opioid Settlement Funds for the assessment was approved. An onboarding meeting with ICPG will be held on October 16.

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Merrill Police Department Report Week Ending September 15

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 15 incidents last week. Two accidents were reported. A call was received for trespassing at a local hotel. Officers followed up on four reports of probation violations and active warrants resulting in arrests, One individual was also charged with resisting an officer. There were two calls for unsafe driving, one of those drivers was placed under arrest for OWI. There was one call requesting a welfare check that ended with the suspect being charged with disorderly conduct and battery. A call was…

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