Jon Lentz, a native of Glencoe, has been appointed the chief deputy in Stearns County by Sheriff Don Gudmondson.
Lentz is married to Lori (Bandemer), also a native of Glencoe.
He started as a correctional officer in Stearns County in 1991 and was made a deputy in 1997, promoted to sergeant in 2003, to lieutenant in 2007 and to captain in 2016. As a captain, he was in charge of the patrol and investigative divisions in the sheriff’s office.