Judge Bahr was appointed as District Court Judge in January 2022. Prior to her appointment, she served on the district associate bench beginning May 2019. Judge Bahr received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 2002 and her Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School in 2005. She served as a law clerk for the Second Judicial District from 2005-2006. Judge Bahr was elected as the Humboldt County Attorney in 2006 and the Webster County Attorney in 2014. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Bahr worked as an Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney.