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CADILLAC â Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, a notice was sent out saying the Wexford County Finance Committee had been moved from its original Thursday meeting time to March 16.Â
While that in itself is not significant, changes to meeting times happens all the time, it was a little foreshadowing for what was to come later in the day. After a 4-0 vote by the members of the Wexford County Executive Committee, Gary Taylor, Mike Bengelink, Mike Musta and Joe Hurlburt, the Wexford County Courthouse was closed beginning Wednesday and continuing through March 14. The closure was the result of COVID-19 concerns and a string of recent positive cases in county employees.
CADILLAC â Last week, the Wexford County Clerk s Office closed due to a positive case of COVID-19 in one of its staff members. Monday other offices were closed for the same reason.
In all, the clerk s office, the prosecutor, the register of deeds, equalization offices were closed on Monday. Wexford County Administrator Janet Koch also tested positive for COVID-19, but her office remains open.
With the increase in cases and closures within the courthouse, Wexford County Board of Commissioners chairman Gary Taylor said the executive committee was going to add an item to the agenda to close the courthouse for the rest of the week and until, at the very least, March 15.
CADILLAC — The Wexford County Courthouse will change how it conducts business on Jan. 20 in response to the recent unrest in Washington, D.C. and potential threats related to President-elect