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LINCOLN COUNTY – It took nearly 11 months and 3.5 inches of snow to cause a fatal accident involving an automobile on a Lincoln County highway.

SILEX - A seven-yearold dog went missing over the weekend and is now home healing from a gunshot wound.

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a technique very familiar to law enforcement' In such schemes, an attempt to defraud a person or business or in this case the county government into sharing sensitive information such as credit card numbers or passwords via email, a phone call, or text message, for what is seemingly legit, and is allegedly from a trusted source like a bank partner or vendor or online retailer is often how scammers are successful. Once the fees are transferred or payment is made to a likely overseas account, it's a lot less likely the funds will be recovered or returned, "Gateway Fiber and Lincoln County are aware of a recent cyber fraud incident affecting our joint efforts to improve broadband connectivity in the region. We take security very seriously and are working with cyber security experts to investigate, mitigate the impact, and prevent future occurrences," said John Meyer, Gateway Fiber chief marketing officer. When scams like this happen, one question that is always asked is what protocols were in place? Referring to the county's checks and balances system. Commissioner Joseph Kaimann says the county has "a pretty good system for what we do right now' but remains open to potential changes pending the outcome of the current insee

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the board voted 4-2 to continue negotiations with him, which involved him submitting changes including a longer employment term than the original one-year the city had offered. Ultimately, Mayor Ron Sconce said after discussions between the board and Connell, the contract language remained largely unchanged. As a result, Connell sent out an

Pierce arrested on felony child abuse charge

TROY – Of Troy’s six aldermen, Ward Three’s Kay Diekemper was arguably the quietest and most soft-spoken.