The event is the Northwest Iowa Thin Blue Line Gala. It will be held April 25 in the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N.

It will feature music by Spencer Suchan, a silent auction and presentations by Storm Lake Police Chief Chris Cole and Algona Police Chief Bo Miller.

Doors will open at 5 p.m.

General admission is $50. Admission for current and retired law enforcement officers is $35.

Formal attire is requested.

The Crossroads Hotel & Event center, 1518 Third Ave. N.W., and Brookstone Inn & Suites, 5 S. 32nd St., will be the host hotels for the gala. Guests should mention the gala when booking rooms. Both hotels will offer shuttle service to and from the Laramar Ballroom if requested.

“This will be the first of many, we hope,” Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener said of the upcoming event.

All money raised at the gala will be donated to Iowa Cops, a group founded by survivors of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. Fleener said the organization’s sole goal is to provide support when tragedy strikes.

He said after a death when law enforcement agencies and families are dealing with so much, the Iowa Cops team steps in and lightens the burden by taking care of all kinds of details, such as organizing the funeral procession.

Fleener described the group’s services as “an essential tool you hope you never need.”

“The local group Serving Our Servants donates to Iowa Cops, according to TJ Pingel, the president of Serving Our Servants.