Judicial Branch Media Contacts  

  

Appellate Courts and State Court Administration 

For the status of an appeal:  

• Search appellate docket online at www.iowacourts.gov/online_records
• Or call the Supreme Court Clerk's Office—telephone: 515-281-5911

For information about the Iowa Supreme Court, supreme court boards and commissions, the Iowa Judicial Branch—administration, statistics, policies, and budget, and judicial selection, retention and discipline, contact:  

  

• Steve Davis, Court Communications Officer

Telephone:  515-725-8058 

Email:  Steve.Davis@iowacourts.gov  

Fax:  515-281-3043 

• Rebecca Colton, Counsel to the Chief Justice
  Telephone: 515-281-8205
  Email:  Rebecca.Colton@iowacourts.gov

  

  

District Courts:  

  

1st District (Allamakee, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Grundy, Howard, and Winneshiek)  

• For information on judges and judicial officers:
  Honorable Jon C. Fister, Chief Judge
  Telephone:  319-589-4464
  
  
• For information about court operations and administration:
  Linda Nilges, District Court Administrator
  Telephone:  319-833-3332

  

2^nd District (Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Mitchell, Winnebago, Pocahontas, Sac Story, Webster, Worth, and Wright)  

• Scott Hand, District Court Administrator
  Telephone: 515-421-0990 (Mason City office); 515-576-6336 (Ft. Dodge office)

  

3rd District (Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona, Osceola, O'Brien, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury)  

• For information about court operations and judicial officers:
  Leesa A McNeil, District Court Administrator
  Telephone:  712-279-6631
  
  
• For information about delinquencies and juvenile services:
  Gary Niles, Chief Juvenile Court Officer
  Telephone: 712-279-6471

  

4th District (Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby)  

• Kent Wirth, District Court Administrator
  Telephone:  712-328-4810
  
  

  

5^th District (Adair, Adams, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Polk, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Warren, and Wayne)  

• For information about judges and judicial officers:
  Honorable Arthur E. Gamble, Chief Judge
  Telephone: 515-286-3853
  
  
• For information about court operations and administration:
  Elizabeth Baldwin, District Court Administrator
  Telephone:  515-286-3845
  
  
• For information about delinquencies and juvenile services:
  Marilyn Lantz, Chief Juvenile Court Officer
  Telephone:  515-286-3960
  
  
• For information about the Polk County Clerk of Court:
  Randy Osborne, Polk County Clerk of Court
  Telephone: 515-286-3793
  
  

  

6th District (Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Tama)  

• Carroll Edmondson, District Court Administrator
  Telephone: 319-398-3920
  
  

  

7^th District (Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott)  

• Howard Thomas, District Court Administrator
  Telephone:  319-326-8783
  
  

  

8th District (Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington)  

• Deborah Dice, District Court Administrator

Telephone: 641-684-6502