(KNZA)--Two proposals for the purchase of Horton's lone nursing home have been turned down.

The Horton Headlight reports the Mission Village Living Center Board held a special meeting earlier this month to review proposals submitted by the Atchison Hospital and Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Foundation.

The newspaper says after evaluation of the two proposals, it was the unanimous decision of the Board not to sell the nursing home.

Operation of Mission Village will continue under the current management contract with Mid-America Hospital Management.

The Atchison Hospital had proposed to purchase the nursing home for $200,000, while the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Foundation had proposed a purchase price of nearly $131,000.

The Atchison Hospital finalized purchase of the Horton Health Care facilities in March, and re-opened the Horton Clinic June 1.

Hospital CEO Jeff Perry told the Horton City Commission during a special meeting in June that the hospital was interested in providing a full spectrum of health care services in the community, and a nursing home had been part of that plan from the beginning.