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Local DNR Enforcement Officer Passes Away

January 11, 2021

(Spirit Lake)– An enforcement officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources who served the Iowa Great Lakes Area has died of complications from COVID-19. 

Steve Reighard passed away Friday at a Sioux Falls hospital.

Reighard served as Park Ranger at Gull Point State Park in 2005. He started work in the DNR’s Enforcement Division in 2012.

A post on social media says Reighard was a fixture in the local law enforcement community and that he will be remembered for his dedication.

A memorial (see photo below) has been set up on the plaza at the east entrances of the Dickinson County Courthouse.