A veteran member of the staff at the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department has been named the administrator for the future Iroquois County health department.

47-year-old Dee Schippert of Watseka  has been with the Ford-Iroquois health agency for 22 years.  She begins her new position in May, according to reports.  {An official press release was not made available concerning the hiring decision}.Schippert will serve a one-year probationary period.  She has served in various capacities with the health department, most recently as community and school health coordinator.  She's been a health department employee since 1992.

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