Area's county-owned nursing homes still struggle financially

DANVILLE – Scrawled across a drawing board in the Vermilion County Board offices are the services Illinois counties must, by law, provide: enforce laws, prosecute offenders, build and maintain roads, keep records, conduct elections, assess property and collect taxes.

A nursing home isn't on the list.

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