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The Hill County Commission elected new officers during its weekly business meeting Thursday, with Mark Peterson and Jake Strissel being voted chair and vice chair, respectively.

Peterson and Strissel both abstained from the votes for their nominations with the remaining two commissioners voting for their appointments.

After the voting was over, Peterson said he wanted to reintroduce the practice of occasionally having other members of the commission become acting chair during certain meetings.

He said he thinks everyone on the commission should get some experience chairing meetings so he...