WEST FRANKFORT — The West Frankfort City Council Tuesday Night approved a lease to Wisconsin Physician Service for an approximately 6,000 square feet area inside the West Frankfort Mall.

The city says the lease begins the first of next month. The company will pay almost $2,800 in rent monthly. One hundred jobs are expected to be created.

According to the Southern Illinoisan, the project has been in the works for about a month. WPS current has an office in Marion.

The company is a not-for-profit health insurance company whose services have reached active-duty and retired military personnel, seniors and families in Wisconsin, across the county and the world. It also has a contract with the government managing certain portions of the Medicaid program.