Sedalia to get VA outpatient clinic

Sedalia will be the location for one of 31 outpatient clinics that the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to open in the next couple of years.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake announced Thursday the VA will establish new clinics here and in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

The community-based outpatient clinics are expected to be operational by late 2010.

Other locations in Missouri are Excelsior Springs and Sikeston, both scheduled to get clinics by 2009.