Project Save Lives is all about reducing the number of deaths while traveling.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department along with the Pella Police Department and the Iowa Highway Patrol worked a four-hour shift in August and the results from that short time span, saw 93 vehicles stopped, 59 were for speed violations and 79 warnings were issued.

Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt reported that in 2021 Marion County had the third highest death rate in the state from accidents. That year saw seven accidents resulting in 11 deaths.