GENEVA - A court in Southeast Nebraska will soon need to fill a critical position: the State of Nebraska's judicial branch announced Monday that Cindy Carrigan, Fillmore County's clerk magistrate, will retire at the end of October.

Carrigan's retirement will mark the end to a career of more than 40 years of service to the judicial branch.

In a press release Monday, county court judge Michael Burns called Carrigan "an icon of the Fillmore County Courthouse."

"Cindy is, and has been, as conscientious and hardworking as any clerk magistrate I know.  She has been personable, diligent, and thoughtful in how she has always gone about her work for the Fillmore County Court.  Her good nature and work ethic have made her not just a very positive feature of our county court but, truly, an icon of the Fillmore County Courthouse,” Burns said in full. “She has brought a level of professionalism and a quality of work, as the longtime Fillmore County Clerk Magistrate, that will not be soon forgotten.  It has been my honor and great fortune to have worked with Cindy – and to call myself a colleague of hers.”

The court will name an Interim Clerk Magistrate and Media Coordinator before Carrigan departs on October 31, according to the release.