Judges in Nebraska’s 11th Judicial District selected Traci Loker as the new clerk magistrate and ex officio clerk of the district court for Frontier County.

Loker previously served as courtroom clerk in Red Willow County Court in McCook. She is from Frontier County and begain working full-time in Stockville on Oct. 15, according to a Nebraska Judicial Branch news release.

“Frontier County pioneered this type of clerk office partnership under previous clerk magistrate, Ron Werkmeister, who also served as deputy clerk of district court. His legacy of serving both courts continues,” Trial Court Services Director Sheryl Connolly said in a news release. “We encourage and support a unified court clerks’ office in locations where the county is agreeable.”

Loker works under the general direction of County Court Judges Anne Paine and Kent Turnbull and supports District Court Judge David Urbom. Loker works with fellow clerk magistrates Myndee Hagan, Deborah League, Kathy Woodmancy, Brenda Cochran, Gretchen Wiebe, Raquel Dringman, Kerri Sides, Karen Mueller, Linda Smith and Lori Hill.