(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Sheriff Braden Lang updated the Pawnee City Council on personnel in the Sheriff's Department during their April meeting.

Sheriff Lang said he has hired a new deputy.  Ryan Boverhuis is scheduled to attend the Nebraska State Patrol Law Enforcement Training  Center starting in September.   Another deputy is currently in the process of qualifying to be accepted into the training center.

Lang said that Johnson County deputies will come to Pawnee County to assist when needed to assist with certain duties but will not be working full shifts in Pawnee County as had been discussed.