Chippewa County says it needs a new morgue after St. Joe’s Hospital closed this spring.
Chippewa County Administrator Randy Scholz says the county is looking for a new spot to build a morgue, but he says it will cost at least 750 thousand-dollars to renovate a building. It would likely cost more to build a new morgue from scratch. For now, the county says it’s using space at the Stokes, Prock and Mundt Funeral Chapel in Altoona.
