(KMZA)-- A new Nemaha County Senior Services and Public Transit director has been hired.

Nemaha County Commission Chairman Dylan Keim announced at Monday's county commission meeting that Tammy Epple, of rural Sabetha, has accepted the position.  

She currently serves as executive director of the Sac and Fox Nation Housing Authority, in Reserve.  

Epple will begin work February 21 at an annual salary of $45,081.  

Marie Weaver has been serving as interim director since the resignation of Diane Yunghans on December 17. Yunghans had held the position since May 2013.