Vicksburg Village Manager Jim Mallery has announced he intends to retire at the end of 2026.
While some municipal leaders might have suspected this would be Mallery’s last year, his intentions were made official during an optimistic and emotional seven-minute speech at the council’s Jan. 5 meeting.
Reading from a prepared statement, Mallery touched on a number of key issues and high points the village has experienced since he stepped into the municipality’s highest non-elected position in 2016…