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Assault on correctional officer a fabrication, authorities say

Joshua Sebold
Staff Writer Breaking News

2/4/2009

Plumas County sheriffís deputies and investigators responding to claims by High Desert State Prison correctional officer Todd Posch that he was the victim of a hit-in-run in front of his residence in Greenville Wednesday morning determined "Poschís allegations were false and fabricated" according to a press release signed by Sheriff Greg Hagwood.

Mental Health Department earns top spot in review

Lassen County’s Mental Health Department is among the best in the state — according to a December 2009 report from the California External Quality Review Organization.

Lassen County joins only 11 other counties in the state ranked as High Performers, the highest level available.

Ken Crandall, director of the Lassen County mental health department, presented the report to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Woman stabbed at Main Street motel

Feb. 2, 2010 — Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the stabbing of a 26-year-old Susanville woman that took place at the Knights Inn Motel on Main Street in Susanville.

Officers from the Susanville Police Department responded to the motel around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24 and found Crystal Jean Costello in a room, suffering from multiple stab wounds.

Susanville Nazarenes plan medical mission to Haiti

Feb. 2, 2010 — Disaster relief wasn’t part of the plan when missions teams from Susanville Church of the Nazarene recruited people for trips to Haiti and the Philippines. But typhoons and the biggest earthquake in more than 100 years changed the plans.

“Every time we plan to go somewhere, they have a disaster,” Pastor Joe Sturgeon recently quoted Steve Jones, a medical provider who went on a medical mission to the Philippines and attends the church, located north of Banner Lassen Medical Center on Highway 139.

Utility district unveils new Web site this month

Feb. 2, 2010 — Customers and Web surfers who visit the Lassen Municipal Utility District on the Internet have a whole new experience ahead of them when the district’s redesigned Web site comes online later this month.

Theresa Phillips, the district’s energy services and compliance specialist, gave the LMUD Board of Directors a sneak peek of the new Web site that’s been under construction for several months at the board’s meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

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