Piatt County Nursing Home will get more funding

MONTICELLO – Piatt County Nursing Home will get some remodeling work done and plans for a new assisted living facility are closer to becoming a reality now that residents approved a new property tax to help support the facility.

The residents and staff at the Piatt County Nursing Home held an impromptu party Tuesday night as they learned that voters had approved the ballot question 4,242 to 2,299.

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