DeShawne Bird-Sell Appointed Mills County Attorney

DeShawne Bird-Sell has been appointed to the position of Mills County Attorney.

Bird-Sell, who operates her own  legal practice in Glenwood, was admininistered her oath of office at the Mills County Courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 13, by Magistrate Judge Keith Tucker. She fills a vacancy created by the resignation of former Mills County Attorney Naeda Elliott, who has moved on to another position.

Elliott’s name was on the November general election ballot as the Republican candidate and she received the most votes for the county attorney position. However, she had submitted her resignation prior to the election -  but not in time to have her name taken off the ballot. Elliott formally declined to take the position after being elected.

Bird-Sell ran as a write-in candidate in the general election and submitted her application for the job to the county board board of supervisors after the Nov. 8 vote.

Because Bird-Sell was appointed to fill a vacancy, the county attorney position will be on the ballot again in the 2024 general election.