Grant County Fire District 3 Chief Tony Liebelt, left, presents a lifesaving award to Quincy Police Department Sergeant Jazzlynn Silva, center, and QPD Officer Stephen Harder, right, at the Quincy City Council meeting Tuesday. The two officers rescued a woman from a burning house Jan. 10.
February 9, 2023
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Quincy PD officers recognized for rescue
QUINCY — The fire had already engulfed the front of the house when Quincy Police Sergeant Jazzlynn Silva and QPD Officer Stephen Harder arrived on the scene. For their actions after they got there, Silva and Harder received an award from the city, another from Grant County Fire District 3, and a standing ovation from the crowd at the ceremony Tuesday. It was Jan. 10, and Harder said he had just returned to patrol. “I literally was two blocks from the station,” he said, and dispatchers notified him of an emergency, a structure fire on L Street Southwest...