Local officials say they’ve found their choice for the new director of the Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management Agency in their own back yard.
Sedalia Mayor Bob Wasson and Pettis County Presiding Commissioner Rusty Kahrs on Thursday nominated David Clippert, former Pettis County Health Center public health emergency planner, to replace former EMA director Tim Mosier, who retired last year.
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