Mike Washburn retires from Meeker PD after 29 years

By Doc Watson
Special to the Herald Times
MEEKER | After 29 years of service to the citizens of Meeker and Rio Blanco County, Mike Washburn is retiring from the Meeker Police Department (MPD) at the end of May, having also served with the Sheriff’s Department before the MPD.
Born in Racine, Wisc., in 1950, Washburn grew up not only there but also in Macomb and St. Louis, Mo., and Houston, Texas, as his father…