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STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 months AGO
GRAND COULEE — The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department trained Friday night with attack hose lines and different types of nozzles according to a department press release. “Great time training and learning hoses and nozzles,” the statement reads.
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Police Department released a statement about the Battle of the Badge community outreach softball game. The game is at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Larson Baseball Field located at 2501 W. Broadway Ave., Moses Lake. The event is free to the public and all proceeds are donated to community resources to help locals in need.
The game will be MLPD against Grant County Sheriff’s Office. There will also be games, face painting, static displays, DJ Rick Rodriquez, a raffle and food. According to the release, Moses Lake Police Department will be led by a collection of former collegiate baseball and softball players, including former minor leaguer Hunter Boyd.
“GCSO will be led this year by a couple of decent players, whose names escape me right now and a bunch of guys that played a lot of the MLB The Show on PlayStation growing up,” reads the statement. “All joking aside, (we actually get along with the Sheriff’s Office quite well) this is a fun evening and a great way to celebrate our community.”
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K-9 security team joins staff at Confluence
WENATCHEE — A security dog will be patrolling the halls of Central Washington Hospital, part of an expansion of the security team for Confluence Health. Atlas, a three-year-old German Shepherd, and his handler Justin Bennett will be on the hospital campus and at Confluence Health’s Mares building on Chelan Avenue in Wenatchee.
Three booked after threatening victim, stealing his car
MOSES LAKE – Three Moses Lake men were booked into the Grant County Jail Tuesday morning for assaulting a man, threatening to kill him and stealing his car on Monday, according to a statement from Grant County Sheriff’s Office.
Ephrata PD releases statement on jail death investigation
EPHRATA – The Ephrata Police Department released a statement Tuesday indicating that the Central Basin Investigative Team, a joint task force made up of law enforcement agencies from around the region, is investigating the death of Richard Lambert, an inmate at the Grant County Jail.