(KNZA)--A retirement reception is planned for longtime Brown County Commissioner Warren Ploeger.

It will take place Monday morning from 10 to 11:30 in the second floor lobby of the Brown County Courthouse.

Cake and punch will be provided.   The public is invited to attend.

Ploeger is retiring after 24 years on the commission.

Dwight Kruse, who was elected in November to replace Ploeger, will be sworn into office Monday as the new 3rd district commissioner.