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Midwest Medical Examiner reports 262 deaths in Pine County; meth, fentanyl present in fatal overdoses
Summary
Shane Sheets, director of the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, told the Pine County Board the office logged roughly 262 reported deaths in the county in 2024, with 13 fatal drug overdoses and 12 blunt-force accidental deaths; methamphetamine and fentanyl were the most commonly detected drugs.
Shane Sheets, director of the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, told the Pine County Board on May 20 that the office received roughly 262 death reports from the county in 2024 and that about 95 percent of county deaths are reported to the medical examiner’s office.
“We have a total of cases reported to us were 262 deaths in Pine County,” Sheets said. He told the board the county recorded one homicide, 29 accidents (including 12 blunt-force injury deaths), 13 drug-overdose fatalities, seven suicides and two exposure deaths.
The report highlighted the drug profile for those overdoses. “For methamphetamine present, there was 12. So…
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