Category Marion & Polk County
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County Commissioners approve state money for mental health treatment
Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved money from the Oregon Health Authority for behavioral health treatment, care coordination, and treatment for people with serious and persistent mental illness.
WATCHDOG: Jail inmate overdoses continue with little action from Marion County leaders
Medical records show drugs were being trafficked into the Marion County Jail as recently as November, with multiple overdoses last year. Prosecutors haven’t decided whether to charge anyone with Will Schultz’s death over a year after he fatally overdosed in jail.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Commissioners consider grant for expanded women’s shelter
Marion County Commissioners will vote Wednesday on paying for case workers to help with the expansion of the Safe Sleep United shelter, and moving forward on Santiam Canyon infrastructure projects.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Commissioners consider grant for Marion County transportation plan
Marion County Commissioners on Wednesday will vote on two contracts for the county's landfill operations.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County Commissioners consider expanding youth mentorship program
Commissioners on Wednesday will consider using a federal grant to pay for Valor Mentoring’s expansion to a second location. The Keizer nonprofit provides mentorship for children and teenagers at risk of becoming homeless.
Polk County faces lawsuit alleging excessive force, negligence caused September fatal police shooting
Police said Jose Corral-Zavala, 21, started a gunfight with officers and then fled in a minivan that stopped nearby before a Polk County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot the driver, Isaac Oceguedo, 18. Now four months later, another passenger and Oceguedo’s family are suing the county over the shooting.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County Commissioners vote on fair board appointments
Marion County Commissioners will vote Wednesday on purchasing cleaning supplies and extending a lease for farmland next to the North Marion County Disposal Facility.
Former McNary counselor pleads guilty to sexually harassing minor in Polk County
Plea deal nets probation for Todd Bobeda and a dismissal of some charges after he admits he sexually harassed a juvenile. He was put on three years of probation.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County Commissioners consider ban on releasing mercury into storm drains
Commissioners on Wednesday will have a second reading on an ordinance that would ban people from discharging muddy water into the public stormwater drainage. The proposed changes are intended to follow new state environmental regulations.