Primghar, IA (KICD) -- O'Brien County is getting a new Clerk of Court.
Current Clerk of Court Jeff Roos is retiring after 32 years in the position, effective in March 2013. Replacing Roos is not just finding another qualified individual, as there are budget restrictions to be dealt with, according to Leesa McNeil, Court Administrator...
With the combining of Clay and O'Brien Counties, The district judges of the 3A judicial election sub-district have designed Laurie Janssen to take position of Clay and O'Brien County Clerk of Court That decision has an advantage for the two offices, McNeil said, in the fact both offices will work together as one...
Janssen has several ties to northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota. She grew up on a dairy farm in Lake Park, attended technical school in Jackson, graduating from the court reporter program. She worked six years in a Lakefield law office and began working in the Clay County Clerk of Court's office in July, 1988. She became Clerk of Court in Clay County in 2009. She is married to Lance Janssen, a project technician for Alpha Wireless, and they have two daughters, Allison, and Melissa.
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