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St. Louis County proclaims Telecommunicators Week; public health staff and community leaders honored
Summary
The County Board read a proclamation honoring 9‑1‑1 telecommunicators and presented the 2025 St. Louis County Public Health Achievement Awards to four recipients for community health work across the Iron Range and Duluth.
The St. Louis County Board read a proclamation April 15 declaring the week in April 2025 as National Telecommunicators Week in St. Louis County and recognized dispatchers, technical staff and support personnel who staff the county’s 9‑1‑1 emergency communications centers.
Director Dewey Johnson of the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office 9‑1‑1 emergency communications division described dispatchers’ work at the podium, saying the group answered more than 194,000 calls in 2024 — roughly 400 calls per day — and praised their skills at navigating technology and supporting first responders. An undersheriff and other…
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