The NIACC Alumni Association hosts Pathways to Success annually to honor accomplished alumni and to recognize a select group of students for their scholarship, leadership and character.
Kevin Pals, a Mason City native and 1999 graduate of NIACC, will be honored for his accomplishments with the Outstanding Alumnus award. Pals serves as the Sheriff of Cerro Gordo County, a position he has held since 2001. He will serve as the keynote speaker.
Other awards presented at the luncheon will include long time Forest City instructor, Scott Bertelsen, a 1979 NIACC graduate who will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus and numerous current students who will be recognized with the NIACC Student Leadership award.
Tickets are available for $16.00 through the NIACC Business office (1-888-GO NIACC, ext 4180). Sponsors include the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors, NIACC Student Senate, and Tony and Sue Coloff.
21 thoughts on “Sheriff Kevin Pals to be honored at NIACC’s Pathways to Success Luncheon”
Pals/Hepperly: kinda like the cartoon cat/dog.
Excuse me but didn’t the sheriff’s department and county attorney’s office JUSt get sued over illegal warrant practices? Like 260 k worth and LOST. Why would this activity be honored?
cerro gordo county jail is the joke of n iowa. Ask sheriffs in surrounding counties what they think of him
more people go in but don’t come out.
He keeps getting re-elected because nobody run against him.
This is some funny shit:)
He won a popularity contest for Sheriff, whoopee!. Notice he became sheriff in 2001, but only got his tiny AA degree in 1999. How does his time at NIACC attribute to his “success”? A position like that should at the very least have a master’s degree. MC Police Chiefs have to have one. He’s definitely nothing special.
He is the good part of the problem. That is why he keeps getting re-elected, time after time.
you said it, kinda puzzling, kinda like election results in north iowa
…he’s part of the problem.
Why him? I thought they wanted success stories.
And you have one, to share?
Kevin deserves this recognition. He has done a phenomenal job !
Agreed
yes
corrupted.
Hey, how’s his son treating his wife lately, never read about THAT is the paper. ssssh quiet.
Yes his boy is handy with women. Not in a good way. Wonder if dad taught him this? Like father like son.
WHY, always blame it on the man, there’s two sides to every rumor. You know about living in glass houses don’t you.
wives involved tend to talk and talk and talk.
Is he the one that lives in manly?