KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say an Iowa trucker has died after being crushed by a load of pipe he was delivering to the cleanup site of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee.
Tennessee Valley Authority spokeswoman Barbara Martocci said 55-year-old Larry LaCroix of Fort Madison, Iowa was injured Monday about 9:30 a.m. EDT while [...]
11-year-old boy killed in Clinton car accident
The person killed in a car accident Wednesday night in Clinton has been identified as Kristofer Holt, 11, of Clinton. Holt was a passenger in a car that collided with a semi at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Mill Creek Parkway at 10:05 p.m. Wednesday, according to the [...]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A Woodbury County jail inmate has died after a suicide attempt.
Officials with the Woodbury County sheriff’s office say 37-year-old Troy Dunn was found in his cell last Thursday by a cellmate.
Dunn was treated at the jail and transferred to a Sioux City hospital. Dunn’s death was announced on Tuesday.
Officials did [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says three people have died in a single engine plane crash near the northwest Iowa town of Sheldon.
FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro says the Piper 28 went down about 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Molinaro says the plane, built in 1968, was owned by a Wisconsin man, but he would [...]
Obituary for Travis Brune, of LaMotte
Obituary for John Seier, of Dubuque
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VERONA, Wis. (AP) - Officials say a head-on crash in Wisconsin that killed two Iowans apparently was caused when one driver was distracted by a dog jumping into his lap.
The Saturday crash of a motor home and sport utility vehicle near Verona killed 55-year-old John [...]
From Iowa State Patrol Crash Report
VEH 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON OSAGE AVE WHEN IT LOST CONTROL ON THE GRAVEL CAUSING VEHICLE TO ENTER THE EAST DITCH, VEH 1 THEN ENTERED BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY OVERTURNING SEVERAL TIMES, CHARGES ARE PENDING, ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, ASSISTED BY
JEFFERSON CO SO, FAIRFIELD PD, JEFFERSON CO FIRE AND [...]
Parents say son’s death wasn’t accident or suicide
Chad and Tammy Parks said their son’s earrings, socks, shoes, cell phone and wallet had been removed from his body when it was found. … his injuries were not consistent with having jumped or fallen from a bridge…
Ames police blame shove for elevator shaft fall
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Ames police say an Illinois man who fell to his death down an elevator shaft had been shoved against an elevator door that gave way.
Police say 19-year-old Robert Pawlak of Downers Grove was in Ames to visit a friend, Michael Foody. The two were [...]
Cryonic group wants Burlington body disinterred
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - An Arizona foundation is asking a court to disinter a Burlington man who died in February so his remains can be preserved through a low-temperature process known of cryonic suspension.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., wants to dig up the remains of 81-year-old Orville Martin [...]
AMES, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old man has died after falling seven floors down an elevator shaft at an Iowa high-rise apartment building.
Police in Ames say the victim died early Saturday at a nearby hospital. Authorities did not immediately identify the teen pending notification of his family. Police did say the victim was not from [...]
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