The operators of Linn County’s residential care facility will pay just $1 rental through June 30, county supervisors decided this morning. Supervisors approved a request from Abbe Inc. to reduce annual rent for the rest of the fiscal year as they deal with changes in state funding. Abbe, a non-profit, operates Abbe Center for [...]

Linn County supervisors this morning began the process of moving dozens of people with mental illness from the county-owned Abbe Center for Community Care to small neighborhood group homes. The move came after a warning from the center’s director. “We’ve been struggling to figure out how we’re going to stay in business,” Dan Strellner told [...]