304 fentanyl pills seized after 2 year old overdoses from fentanyl exposure in Aitkin County
According to the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office three adults have been arrested after a two year old was exposed to crushed fentanyl at a residence North of Garrison. The Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office says that the incident happened on Friday, 21 after family members of the 2 year old called 911 once the child was…
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Aitkin County HHS meeting from Tuesday, March 28th
Aitkin County Health and Human Services met with the Board of Commissioners Tuesday.The Board approved appointments to the HHS Advisory Committee including District 4 Commissioner Lynette Maas, District 3 Commissioner Jodi Olson, and District 3 Commissioner 3 Marcia Anderson. HHS Director Sarah Pratt addressed Public Health issues happening in the Lawler area. She also mentioned the renewal of…
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Aitkin County Board of Commissioners meeting from March 28th
The Aitkin County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday in the Government Center Board Room.They approved Consent Agenda items including the purchase of 2 Pickups for the Land Department, a temporary liquor license, and donation to the Sentence to Serve program from Logan and Wealthwood Townships totaling $1,125.A request to upgrade the jail’s video conferencing rooms in order to…
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Aitkin County Board meeting from Tuesday, March 14th
The Aitkin County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday.The Board approved the Consent Agenda including equipment purchases of a mower and pickup truck, a donation to Search and Rescue from White Pine Township, 2022 annual Apportionment of Forfeited Tax Sales, and 2023 Tobacco License Renewal Applications.Minnesota Power presented about their work with Great River Energy on the…
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Drowning in Aitkin County
On Sunday March 12th at 1:36 pm the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a six year old boy who had fallen though the ice. The location was next to a dock on a small lake, in an area that was normally used as an ice skating rink, but was covered with snow. The…
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Aitkin County HHS meeting with Board of Commissioners from February 28th
The Aitkin County Board of Commissioners met with Health & Human Services Tuesday, .In her Director’s Report, HHS Director Sarah Pratt highlighted the end of the emergency food assistance program through SNAP that began during the pandemic. The program will end April 1st. HHS Public Health Nurse Liz Short presented the Aitkin County Opioid Settlement to Commissioners, with a…
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