WINONA, Minn.— Winona County’s sheriff, Ron Ganrude, who lives in St. Charles, was sworn in to a third term this week. He was re-elected in November. As head of the largest law enforcement agency in the county, Ganrude oversees a dispatch center and jail that serves every community in the county. His department has a $7 million budget. Other sheriffs taking oaths this week:
> Dodge County: Scott Rose, third term.
> Houston County: Brian Swedberg, first term.
> Fillmore County: John DeGeorge, second term.
> Goodhue County: Marty Kelly, second term.
> Mower County: Steve Sandvick, second term.
> Olmstead County: Kevin Torgerson, third term.
> Wabasha County: Rodney Bartsch, sixth term.