DES MOINES— The office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced the Governor has appointed Thomas Ogden as an district associate judge in Judicial District 5A.    The district includes Dallas, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Marion, and Warren Counties.

Ogden, of Indianola, Iowa, is an Assistant Polk County Attorney. He received his undergraduate degree from Hillsdale College and law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.  Ogden fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Kevin Parker.