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WHOW HOMETOWN TOUR: Piatt County Sheriff's Office, Cerro Gordo Agree For Police Presence

The WHOW Hometown Tour stopped in Cerro Gordo in Piatt County Monday morning for a visit with local leaders and among those that joined in the conversation were Cerro Gordo Mayor Dennis Ridgeway and Piatt County Sheriff Dave Hunt.

 

The community of Cerro Gordo and the Piatt County Sheriff's Office recently entered into an agreement for the Sheriff's office to provide the community with a law enforcement presence. Mayor Ridgeway says it simply came down to the cost of a police force.

 

 

Sheriff Hunt indicates his department hired a new staff member and that is being paid for by the City. The Sheriff says it isn't the first contract of it's kind for Piatt County. 

 

 

The WHOW Hometown Tour was scheduled to stop in Monticello Wednesday morning but because of the frigid temperatures and the many school closings and municipal buildings closing for the day, the broadcast will be rescheduled for a date in February. 

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