NEWS RELEASE

St. Louis County Auditor to be Sworn in Today

Newly appointed St. Louis County Auditor Donald Dicklich will be sworn in today, Monday, April 12, 2004 at 11:00 AM by County Board Chair Steve Raukar in the County Board Room, 2^nd Floor, St. Louis County Courthouse, 100 N. 5th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota.

Following a comprehensive recruitment and interview process, the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners voted on March 16, 2004 to appoint Donald Dicklich St. Louis County Auditor.

Mr. Dicklich will complete retired Auditor Gordon McFaul’s unexpired term of office (through 2006).

Donald Dicklich, of Saginaw, Minnesota, is presently the Director of Administrative Services for Iron Range Resources, and was formerly Chief Financial Officer for that State agency. He previously served as Assistant Administrator Support Services and as Chief Financial Officer at St. Mary’s Hospital in Superior, Wisconsin, and also Midwest Diagnostics in Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Dicklich has approximately twenty eight years of financial management experience, and has a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Minnesota / Duluth.

The St. Louis County Auditor is the Chief Fiscal Officer of the County, the Custodian of County funds, Chief Tax Collector for the County and its political subdivisions, Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners, Registrar of Voters, and Supervisor of Elections.

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