Deadline nears for county to add probation office space

Time is running out for Cheyenne County to find additional space for probation offices before it loses grant money for that purpose.

Chief probation officer for district 12, Linda Buehler visited with the Cheyenne County commissioners several times within the past year, each time asking for more space for the Cheyenne County office. She spoke with them again on Monday and stressed that time was running short.

“We’re kind of running up against a timeline now for the grant monies that we’ve gotten for 2013,” Buehler said.

District 12, which is based in Scotts Bluff county, handles juvenile and a...