Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt was elected President of the Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association at the groups’ annual winter conference in Des Moines in December.

The association consists of 2,389 members across the state in all 99 counties.

Sandholdt tells KNIA/KRLS News, “I was very humbled I was selected, or I guess elected by my peers to be the President for 2023, so I’m very excited about that.”

 A few of the other past presidents of the association from Marion County according to Sandholdt include Tim Cox in 2004, Marv Van Haaften in 1996 and Don DeKock in 2014. Sandholdt said he’s following in some good footsteps