Gov. Kim Reynolds announced yesterday (Monday) the appointment of a district judge in Judicial Election District 4. Associate District Judge Donna Bothwell of Logan will be filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Judge Jeffrey Larson of Harlan. Bothwell earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in 2002 and her law degree from Drake University School of Law in 2005. Before becoming an associate judge in 2022, Bothwell served as an attorney with the Iowa Legal Aid Council Bluffs Office and opened her private practice in 2015. Iowa Judicial Election District 4 covers nine southwest Iowa counties, including Audubon and Shelby Counties.
