New jail administrator in place
The Board of Supervisors [last week] heard and acknowledged that Sheriff Marty Hemann offered the jail administrator position to Jordan Gansen effective June 4.Gansen, previously a deputy, has been with the department for three years and holds degrees in corrections and criminology, as well as Iowa Law Enforcement Academy certification.His hours will increase slightly from 2,057 a year as a full-time deputy to 2,080 as full-time jail administrator, Hemann said.— For more on this story, see the June 19 New Hampton Tribune.