The Sedalia City Council on Tuesday lent its approval to a request by the police department to revive sobriety checkpoints and agreed to pursue an easement on state-owned land for the proposed fire station expansion.
During the pre-council meeting, Sedalia Police Department Patrolwoman Victoria Kottman gave a presentation detailing plans to reinstitute sobriety checkpoints this year.
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