A night of honoring new officers and promotions took place Tuesday evening for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt, hosted the event in the courtroom on the third floor of the Marion County Courthouse. Among those honored were Jake Van Voorst.

Sheriff Sandholdt, “Jacob Van Voorst is our new deputy. He’s from up in Sioux County in Northwest Iowa. He is still training.”

Van Voorst has been qualified in firearms and will be joining the department immediately. Van Voorst will continue with field training and go to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in January.