Protesters demand removal of health board members
Demonstrators protest the Lincoln County Health Board in front of the county courthouse May 5. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
Catherine and Ed Kahle appear before the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners on May 5, 2021. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
Protestors demand the removal of Lincoln County Health Board members Jan Ivers and Jim Seifert on May 5, 2021. Ivers and Seifert promoted pandemic restrictions when in place, backed the county's health officer and, more recently, supported the vaccine rollout. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
A small group of local pandemic deniers and anti-vaxxers upped longstanding efforts to remove members of the Lincoln County Health Board unsympathetic to their views.
Led by Trego resident Catherine Kahle, the group picketed outside of the Lincoln County Courthouse complex May 5 ahead of a scheduled meeting with commissioners...
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