STANTON, Neb. (KTIV) - A Northeast Nebraska county sheriff is calling it a career after more than 30 years on the job.

“I don’t get elected because I’m necessarily the most liked, I get elected because they know I’d do the job. And I take a lot of pride in that.”

Since 1993, Stanton County law enforcement has been under the direction of County Sheriff Mike Unger. On Monday, Dec. 1, Sheriff Unger released a statement saying that this will be his final term as county sheriff after more than three decades of service.

Around the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office, you can see signs of how long Sheriff Mike Unger has been in law enforcement, like how he still uses a typewriter to fill out parts of reports.

“I’m from the old era,” said Sheriff Unger. “When I started here, and before that, we us

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