(Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) today (Friday) released the results of an investigation into circumstances surrounding Jacob Holmes, a former Page County Supervisor, and his three children, who were let into the Page County Courthouse by Auditor Cindy VanFosson, after ordinary business hours, on January 20th (2025).

After learning of former supervisor Holmes’ entry into the courthouse and auditor’s office, the Page County Board of Supervisors called for a special investigation to determine why Holmes was entering the courthouse, and what he was during there while absentee ballots were being collected for a special election for county auditor.

The DCI investigation found that Supervisor Holmes went to the auditor’s office to sign Board of Supervisor’s Minutes from the time period he was chair of the board of supervisors and that all election ballots, both unused and used, met the safety checks required by the Iowa Secretary of State.

The investigation concluded that there was no inappropriate handling of the special election process by the employees of the Page County Auditor’s Office or by former supervisor Holmes.