Pine River day care under investigation

PINE RIVER—A “serious incident” occurring in a home day care prompted the state Department of Human Services to indefinitely suspend its owner’s child care license.

An order of indefinite suspension for a license held by Candace Hurd was drafted Wednesday, three months after the license was suspended temporarily in February. Hurd operated the home day care at 124 Windsor St., Pine River. The state-issued license permitted Hurd to care for 10 children, with no more than eight children under school age. Of those, no more than three were permitted to be infants and toddlers, with two of those permitted to be infants.

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