An elderly  couple from Irwin were injured during a single-vehicle crash in Shelby County, Wednesday afternoon, north of Irwin. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says a 2002 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 80-year old Gerald Gross, of Irwin, was traveling south on Shelby County road M-47 at around 2:20-p.m., when the pickup went out of control on the ice and snow covered road. The vehicle entered the east ditch and hit a culvert before vaulting into the air and coming to rest in a field.

Gross, and his wife, 77-year old Martha Gross, were trapped in the pickup and extricated by rescue personnel before being transported to Myrtue Memorial Hospital, in Harlan. Gerald Gross was listed in critical condition and flown by helicopter to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. His wife was admitted to Myrtue for treatment. A report on her condition is not available.

Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by crews from the Irwin, Defiance and Manilla Fire Departments, as well as Medivac Ambulance.

(9-a.m. News)

Police in Creston arrested a local man Tuesday afternoon on a drug charge. Officials said today (Thursday), that 27-year old Coty Allen Savage, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of Marijuana. Savage was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

An Iowa State Patrol Trooper from Avoca started his final, distinguished tour of duty this (Thursday) morning.

Iowa State Patrol Trooper Scott Pigsley.

Trooper Scott Pigsley (ISP 234), who is retiring from the Patrol, radioed-in to State Radio in Lewis, that he was  “10-41 for one last time,” (beginning tour of duty)  early this morning. Pigsley began his career 28-years ago, and is best known for his years of flying the State Patrol’s aircraft based in Atlantic.

We wish him well!