{"id":14430,"date":"2025-07-21T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=14430"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:49:20","slug":"county-board-recognizes-two-sheriffs-deputies-w-lifesaving-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/14430-county-board-recognizes-two-sheriffs-deputies-w-lifesaving-award\/","title":{"rendered":"County Board Recognizes Two Sheriff&#8217;s Deputies w\/Lifesaving Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(FROM LEFT: EFFINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF PAUL KUHNS AND DEPUTIES TYLER KOESTER AND BRANDON KUHL)<\/p>\n<p>The Effingham County Board and County Sheriff Paul Kuhns recognized two sheriff&#8217;s deputies with Lifesaving Awards for actions they took in May in rural Dieterich.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff said Deputy Tyler Koester and Deputy Brandon Kuhl responded to a call involving a woman suffering from knife wounds to the forearm and the neck. The two gave emergency aid and then carried the woman across a muddy field to a waiting ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Kuhns commended the deputies&#8217; &#8220;quick lifesaving actions for a subject who was in both mental and medical crisis.&#8221; He said, &#8220;your professionalism and competence are a great reflection on yourselves and our office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Board also approved a resolution recognizing Kurt Schmidt on his retirement after five years&#8217; service with the county health department. Schmidt was not present for the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In other business, the County Board:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved the addition of all fulltime County employees with the exception of County Board members in eligibility for the Employee Assistance Program<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved a loitering ordinance to maintain the County grounds without being overly restrictive, as the ordinance concerns camping on the grounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;appointed new city police chief Kurt Davis to the 911 Board<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved participation in nine defendant opioid settlements<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved the Purdue Pharma L.P. bankruptcy plan and a separate GESA release agreement<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;awarded a bid for construction of a new bridge along 225th Avenue in Union Township<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved two subdivision plats; Imburgia Subdivision and R&amp;J Worman Subdivision<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved the audit<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;declined a partnership agreement for TextMyGov services<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved a joint ordinance with the City of Effingham for a proposed Enterprise Zone annexation<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved disbursement of just over $42,000 to CEAD Council in opioid funding<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved disbursement of ARPA funding to purchase four benches, two pet waste stations, and landscaping rock for the courtyard<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved a quote for the next audit<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;approved resolutions for the salaries of the incoming sheriff and public defender<\/p>\n<p>Board members received programs and gate passes for the Millroad Thresherman&#8217;s Show from Association members Kathy Schroeder and Taylor Feldkamp; heard from County Engineer Greg Koester that the South Altamont roadway is now Truck Route status; heard from Board Vice Chairman Dave Campbell that he should hear in August about receipt of a second revolving loan fund; and heard from State&#8217;s Attorney Aaron Jones that he is joining the appeal of the Assault Weapons Ban as far as its 2nd Amendment status and its&#8217; constitutionality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FROM LEFT: EFFINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF PAUL KUHNS AND DEPUTIES TYLER KOESTER AND BRANDON KUHL) The Effingham County Board and County Sheriff Paul Kuhns recognized two sheriff&#8217;s deputies with Lifesaving Awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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