Marshall County Council Approves Additional 911 Dispatcher

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department is adding a new 911 dispatcher. Sheriff Matt Hassel told the county council this month that the switch to a county-wide dispatch center a few years ago resulted in 30-to-40-percent increase in his department’s dispatch services. Now, he says the funding is in place to increase staffing to keep up with demand.

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Marshall County Dispatcher Given Stork Award

(L to R) Marshall County Sheriff’s Department 911/Communications Director Matt Pitney, Dispatcher Morgan Hite, Sheriff Matt Hassel

Marshall County Sheriff’s Department Dispatcher Morgan Hite was recently awarded the stork award for her efforts in aiding a pregnant woman to give birth before emergency responders were able to arrive to the scene. 

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Woman Accused of Crashing Vehicle into Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Starting Fire

A woman was arrested on suspicion of arson, following an incident at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses near Plymouth. Marshall County sheriff’s deputies say they were called to the 9000 block of Suter Road around 2:00 a.m. Friday, after someone reported that a vehicle drove into the side of the church, something was on fire, and a woman was throwing rocks at the building. Police say it appeared that an “unknown liquid was poured all over” and someone tried to start a fire near the front entrance.

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