Dave Bellows News Today

Dawanna Witt, who supervises the courts and jail, is one of eight recipients of national law enforcement award.

Copy shortlink: When Dawanna Witt teaches her juvenile justice class at Inver Hills Community College, the high-ranking Hennepin County Sheriffs Office administrator occasionally tells stories about a little girl. Sometimes Witt is explicit about the details of the little girls life. Other times, shes more vague, because the details can be harrowing and difficult to stomach. The little girls family life was scarred by alcoholism and drug addiction. The little girl rememb...