Yesterday (Tuesday), Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the appointment of an Akron attorney as an associate judge in Iowa Judicial Election District 3B. Jessica Noll of Akron currently practices with Deck Law, PLC in Sioux City and also serves as a magistrate in Woodbury County District Court. Noll earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of South Dakota in 2003 and her law degree from the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in 2006. She is filling a vacancy created by the addition of four new district associate judge positions authorized by the legislature during their 2022 session. Judicial Election District 3B includes Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury Counties.