DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad last week appointed Stuart Palmer Werling Seventh Judicial District Judge.
Werling, of Tipton, earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and his law degree from the University of Arkansas, School of Law. He is currently working in private practice and as Magistrate for Cedar County.
The Seventh Judicial District includes Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine and Scott counties.
Werling fills the vacancy left by Judge Gary McKenrick.