CASS COUNTY - The 9-1-1 Governing Board has chosen a new Director for Central Dispatch. Dave Arnold, a member of the Cass County Commissioners, and the Governing Board, says the vote to officially hire Dan McDonald will take place Monday afternoon.

An executive session, where the two finalists were interviewed, took place on Tuesday. McDonald, who lives in the Lucerne/Royal Center area, is a graduate of Penn State. He says his public service experience, dates back to the 70's, where he was a paramedic in Pittsburgh, PA. He has also been a trainer with the Monroe County, FL Sheriff's Department, worked for the Department of Correction in the Juvenile Division, was a member of the state SWAT Team, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department, and most recently ran the alternative education program in Pulaski County.

Dan McDonald will replace Lori Forrer, who resigned as Director to take a job with InDigitel. Assistant Director Sandy Ford has been running the dispatch center during the interim. McDonald also has roots in this area. In fact, his Grandfather graduated from Lucerne High School in 1919. He also spent the summers in this area, while he was growing up.