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Board Denies CAFO Based on Neighbor Proximity By Joseph Schany - | May 4, 2021 by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Supervisors would deny the conditional use permit for a hog confinement near Greattinger during Tuesday’s regular session board meeting. The permit for a proposed 2,499 hog capacity finishing barn was denied because the site did not meet Palo Alto County’s Good Neighbor policy of a half-mile distance from residents. “The site does have one neighbor within the half-mile, and currently the Good Neighbor policy waiver has not been signed,” said Aletha King, Zoning, presen...

Supervisors Discuss Frustrations Over COVID Vaccine Scheduling By Joseph Schany - | Feb 18, 2021 by Joseph Schany “We have seen a little bit of an increase,” began Sarah Strohman, director of Palo Alto County Public Health, providing an update on county COVID-19 numbers to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. “We currently have 33 active cases of COVID-19 in the county and a 14-day average of 10 percent. We’ve had 19 deaths in Palo Alto County.” Public Health held its first county COVID vaccination clinic at the VFW in Emmetsburg on Tuesday, Feb. 9, and according to Strohman, ...

State Police crash Northern Michigan township meeting for violating COVID-19 rules Updated Dec 10, 2020; WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, MI – A township board meeting was interrupted this week when police showed up to enforce COVID-19 rules. Michigan State Police responded to the Whitewater Township Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8, WPBN/WGTU reports. Police had received several calls alleging the meeting in Grand Traverse County was in violation of state COVID-19 rules requiring local governments to meet virtually. The meeting was hybrid with some people attending via Zoom and others coming in perso...