Commissioners select preferred site for new hospital, plan open house

With preliminary concept drawings in hand, hospital district commissioners voted to support a building committee’s recommendation to designate property owned by William Heineman along State Route 261 as the preferred location for a new hospital.

The site would be used if voters approve a $10 million general obligation bond that will appear on the Tuesday, Aug. 6, primary election.

The commissioners also learned the district will host an open house on Tuesday, July 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at East Adams Rural Hospital to present the community with the visual concepts for the new hospital. CEO Gary...