The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors met Thursday morning for the second time this week.  The Supervisors received a monthly update from Sheriff Marty Arganbright.

Arganbright says his department is going through a tough time right now following the loss of veteran dispatcher Darci Sloss.  He says Sloss “did a lot for (his) department” and really “cannot be replaced.”

Arbanbright says he’s thankful for all the support from everyone in the Guthrie County community since Sloss’ passing, and the gestures received “have meant a lot.”  The entire department will be wearing black stripes across their badges to honor Sloss in the weeks ahead.

Later on in his update, Arganbright says his department’s generator was hit by lightning in a morning storm yesterday, though this time around, their new uninterrupted backup battery did immediately activate in order to keep communication lines open.

Arganbright, however, says it is time for his department and the county to pursue a new generator.  It has to be manually restarted whenever it is hit in a storm.

Next, tomorrow’s BACooN Ride was discussed.  Arganbright says his entire department will be out at times to help bicycle riders make their way through Guthrie County safely.  The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office will be assisting the Panora Police Department in monitoring tomorrow’s ride on the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

To end his update, Arganbright went through the final report his office recently received from the state jail inspector.  While there are a couple of things within the jail that need to be corrected, the Guthrie County jail was complimented for being “very clean, well managed and well maintained.”