Authorities in Iowa are investigating the death of a northwest Iowa man. Officials say on Wednesday, March 30th, the Cherokee Police Department was notified by St. Lukes Hospital in Sioux City that 41-year old Jesse Wendelsdorf, of Cherokee, had been admitted to their hospital in serious condition one day earlier. Thursday evening, died at St. Lukes.

The cause and manner of Wendelsdorf’s death is under investigation.  An autopsy has been scheduled for April 2nd at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny.

The Cherokee Police Department along with the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner are continuing to investigate. No other details concerning the incident were released.