Piia Vuorela says she resigned as head of the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County after feeling pressured by a notice that said her employer was considering terminating her probationary appointment. Yle reports that she now wants to withdraw her resignation, while the county’s regional boar…

Legal experts disagree over whether Piia Vuorela can return as head of the Central Finland wellbeing services county after leaving during her probationary period. Yle reports that Vuorela has said she wants to withdraw her departure and resume the job. Public law expert Matti Muukkonen says her d…

Former Central Finland wellbeing services county director Piia Vuorela wants to reverse the termination of her public-service employment, but the county board chair says she would have to apply for the post again, Yle reports. Vuorela sent a letter to county councillors on Monday saying she remai…

Hanna Tiihonen, Finland’s only village nurse, has received a national award for a model she has developed over 13 years, Yle reports. The model brings social and healthcare services closer to people living in sparsely populated areas. Tiihonen visits clients at home and also holds appointments at…

Piia Vuorela, who has led Finland's weakest-performing wellbeing services county for 150 days, rejects claims that she manages through fear, Yle reports. She says she is sorry if her actions have been experienced as frightening. Vuorela, 58, took over as director of the Central Finland wellbeing …

Fourteen employees at the Lammenranta care home in Jämsänkoski will see their monthly pay fall by 150 to 175 euros from September after a payroll classification error, Yle reported. The Central Finland Wellbeing Services County had incorrectly registered the care home as a specialised dementia un…

Central Finland wellbeing services county will launch new cooperation negotiations that could reduce staffing by up to 570 person-years, Yle reports. The county board will discuss the matter on August 18. The negotiations are being started as the county prepares next year’s budget and continues i…

Yle reports that police are investigating a suspected attempted manslaughter in Pihtipudas, Central Finland. Police responded on Sunday, August 9, to an incident involving a threat to life and health. They have filed a criminal report under the title of suspected attempted manslaughter. The inves…

The final road in Central Finland collapsed by last weekend’s torrential rain has been repaired and reopened to traffic, the regional development agency reported. Heavy downpours caused widespread damage to gravel roads in Multia, Keuruu, Saarijärvi, and Kannonkoski, forcing closures on Sunday. T…

Only one remains closed HELSINKI — Most of the gravel roads in Central Finland damaged by heavy rain during the weekend have been repaired and reopened to traffic, the Regional Council of Central Finland announced on Tuesday. The weekend’s exceptional rainfall caused extensive road collapses and …

Multiple roads have collapsed in Finland following heavy rainfall over the weekend, particularly in the regions of Pirkanmaa and Central Finland. At least a dozen roads have been affected.In Pirkanmaa, road collapses occurred on routes between Ruovesi and Hanho, as well as on Mäihälahdentie in Yl…

Tapio Tiainen has spent 14 years building what is believed to be the largest sailboat ever constructed in Central Finland—a nearly 16-metre vessel weighing 30 tonnes that will soon attempt an Atlantic crossing.Yle reports the mahogany-trimmed sloop, with a 22-metre mast and two-metre keel, was li…