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Rock County medical examiner details caseload, staffing, unclaimed remains and overdose trends
Summary
Dane County chief medical examiner Agnesh Karogalska reported to the Rock County Board that the intergovernmental agreement gives Rock access to physician-led services; she outlined a 2024 workload that included about 1,000 cremation permits, roughly 850 investigator calls and continuing backlogs and unclaimed remains.
Agnesh Karogalska, chief medical examiner for Dane County who also serves Rock County, told the Rock County Board of Supervisors that an intergovernmental agreement with Dane allows Rock access to physician-led medical examiner services and broader administrative support.
Karogalska said the IGA centralizes medical direction and administrative services — including autopsy performance, cause-and-manner determinations, scene response by doctors, training and oversight of investigators — because a single county typically cannot support a full physician-led office. "I am the chief medical examiner. ... For…
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