Care Facility Being Closed by State

The care facility where a seven-year-old girl died after being restrained is being closed by the state.

Northwest Counseling and Guidance Clinic in Rice Lake will be shutting down for at least six months. The facility's state certification will be pulled August 15th, and all county and state funding will be withdrawn.

An investigation into the clinic was launched after Angellika Arndt died at the clinic in May from injuries she got while being restrained. The state says the clinic failed to adequately address its shortcomings, including limiting use of restraints.

News of the closing, and that the clinic must find other care facilities for the 11 youths they're caring for, came in a letter Friday (7/28).