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County begins planning for morgue replacement as St. Luke’s facility will be decommissioned
Summary
Woodbury County staff told supervisors St. Luke’s will decommission the county morgue at year-end, and the board received a packet outlining interim and long-term options including funeral-home partnerships, leases or construction.
Woodbury County officials told the Board of Supervisors on March 3 that St. Luke’s will decommission the facility the county has used as its morgue at the end of the calendar year, and the county is planning for alternative arrangements.
Michelle, a county staff member presenting the medical-examiner packet, told the board the county previously budgeted $45,000 for investigations in fiscal 2025 but actual claims had risen to about $83,000. Staff proposed increased budget lines for contractual services (to contract with local funeral homes under…
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