Donna Hanscum

Donna Hanscum is the sheriff of Stillwater, Minnesota.

Background
Donna grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota. She was married to another sheriff named Doug, who left her because of her weight.

Season 9
Donna went to Canyon Valley Health Spa to lose weight. The first day she lost 10 pounds due to a Pishtaco sucking the fat out of her. She was unaware of what happened.

Season 10
Donna attended a sheriff convention in Hibbing where she met Jody Mills. The were paired up as partners, much to Jody's dismay. They investigated a case where a man was eaten almost entirely. Jody called Sam and Dean Winchester to help. Donna ran into her ex-husband Doug, who treated her horribly, but she just took the insults. Jody tried to stand up for her by telling Doug that he was a douche. Donna became very upset with her after that. She went outside and found a blood trail. She followed it only to find Sheriff Cuse, the sheriff of Hibbing, standing over a dead body with vampire fangs. She told Jody who told her that vampires were real and Cuse was one of them. Sam, Dean, Jody, and Donna went to the vampire nest and were captured. Dean and Donna broke free and she killed one of the vampires before it got to Jody. Jody then offered to teach Donna to hunt and she liked the idea.

Season 11
Now covering Cottage Grove as well due to budget cuts, Donna was called in on a case where a man in a bunny mask murdered Stan Hinkle. After the mask wouldn't come off, Donna called in the Winchesters for help. As the Winchesters tried to identify the man, Donna tried to take him to the hospital with the help of her deputy, Doug Stover, however, the man attacked the two, forcing Doug to kill him.

Donna was horrified to learn that the young man, Mike Hooks, was controlled by the mask that the Winchesters believe to be a cursed object and was thus another innocent victim. Donna burned the mask and they believed it to be over, but a court jester attacked the local high school coach, Phil Evans, and left him in a coma. Realizing that they were dealing with a ghost, Dean informed Donna that salt or iron should break the spirit's possession. Though Donna offered the salt she uses for her diet, Dean instead pulled out a shotgun and shot the jester with rock salt, breaking the spirit's hold over the young woman, Michelle. Knowing Michelle didn't deserve to go to prison for a crime that wasn't her fault, Donna agreed to make up a story and release her as no one ever saw Michelle's face.

The three learned that Rita Johnson donated the costume, so Donna distracts Rita's son Max while the Winchesters spoke to Rita. Afterwards, they informed her that they believed Rita's brother Chester was their ghost and they needed to locate and burn the remaining costumes. Donna agreed to do that with Doug, having already had Doug collect all the costumes from the high school. Sam later called her after a possessed old man killed Phil at the hospital. Donna lied to an increasingly-disbelieving Doug who Sam pointed out she was mistreating due to her past with her ex-husband Doug.

Afterwards, Donna continued her search with Doug's help, eventually locating and burning all of the costumes. After setting them all on fire, she called Sam who asked her about a deer's head mask. Donna told him it wasn't on her list as Max Johnson, possessed by Chester through the deer's head mask, attacked Sam. After the Winchesters dispatched Chester, Donna and Doug visited the scene and the Winchesters tell her she's now an official hunter as she has three cases under her belt, leaving Donna excited. Donna apologized to Doug for her behavior and he forgave her, telling Donna he has baggage too. Donna then relaxed around Doug and even joked with him.

Appearances

 * Season 9
 * The Purge
 * Season 10
 * Hibbing 911
 * Season 11
 * Plush

Trivia

 * At one point in Plush, Donna quips "I was born at night Dean, not last night." Bobby Singer said something similar when Soulless Sam tried to kill him in Appointment In Samarra.
 * During the filming of The Purge, actress Briana Buckmaster was 7 months pregnant.