The Pettis County Ambulance District on Tuesday named Mike Gardner as its first director.
Gardner, who served as the District Administrator for the Warsaw-Lincoln Ambulance District for 10 years, said he was looking forward to the challenge of setting up the new Pettis County Ambulance District.
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