County employees recognized for service milestones

Thirteen St. Joseph County employees were recognized Tuesday by the county’s board of commissioners.

During their annual acknowledgment ceremony, commissioners saluted employees from eight different departments.

The recipients were: Tab Wedge, district court administrator, 35 years; Kitty Buchner, jail administrator, 30 years, and 25-year employees Sherry Swartz, veterans advisor and Dena Clark, chief deputy clerk.

All others were for 10 years of service. They were: Lindsay Oswald, county clerk and register of deeds; Rob Pattison, district court judge; David Tomlinson, probate court judge; Autumne Keifer, district court probation officer; Michelle Baker-Stegman, deputy district court clerk; Mary Hessling, Friend of the Court enforcement clerk; Jenny Walden, deputy juvenile register; Julie Reeb, probate register; and Kyle Rice, sheriff’s department corrections sergeant.