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The Marshall County supervisors appointed Joel Phillips as the new Marshall County Sheriff and Jordan Gaffney as the new Marshall County Attorney during the regular Tuesday meeting. The appointments went into effect immediately. Both positions will be on the November 2022 general election ballot.
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors was busy at the regular Tuesday meeting, even though the meeting was relatively short.
First, they appointed Joel Phillips as the new Marshall County Sheriff, which took effect immediately. He will serve in the role until November 2022 and then will be up for election.
“It was an interesting and good time we had going through the interviews,” Supervisor Bill Patten said. “Joel’s background and his work gives him an edge because he’s done this before. We’re excited to have Joel.”
Apr 13, 2021
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors have chosen Jordan Gaffney as the new county attorney – a decision made during the regular Tuesday meeting.
The previous county attorney, Jennifer Miller, resigned April 1 after she was named district judge for District 2B by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Marshall County Auditor Nan Benson said two candidates submitted applications for the attorney’s position.
Supervisor Bill Patten said it was a tight race between the candidates.
“I think we learned a lot from the interviews because they had ideas we had not heard before,” he said. “I’m excited about going forward and seeing some of those ideas.”
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T-R PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM As of Monday, Steve Hoffman resigned his position as the Marshall County Sheriff. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to decide how to move forward.
Effective at 5 p.m. on Monday, Marshall County Sheriff Steve Hoffman will resign from his position.
Marshall County Auditor Nan Benson confirmed the news, saying Hoffman emailed her a letter stating the time of his resignation. The email was sent after 5 p.m. on Friday.
“He will no longer be sheriff as of 5 p.m.,” she said.
Hoffman’s letter began with addressing the calls for resignation from Supervisor Dave Thompson. The sheriff wrote perhaps Thompson and others do not see the value in a transition period, or that he has continued to work every day for Marshall County residents. Hoffman wrote, for the record, he was driving his personal vehicles out of the county for his new duties with the Polk County Sheriff’s Of
Ladehoff
The results of Tuesday’s special election for the first ward council seat on the Marshalltown City Council are in and Mike Ladehoff came out the victor.
Ladehoff defeated Raymond Starks 72-53. He received 63 in-person votes which were cast at the Marshalltown Public Library. Starks had the edge on absentee votes, earning 24.
There are still two absentee ballots out there which could be counted if they were mailed by Saturday.
“I’m very proud of the people that came out in subzero weather and voted,” Ladehoff said. “That says a lot about the people of ward one.”
Ladehoff was able to avoid election day nerves by working overtime.
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