A Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department K-9 who was hurt when he was hit by a car in 2010, will be retired this weekend after six-years of service to the county. K-9 “Raven’s”  last day as a member of the sheriff’s department is January 1^st.  Guthrie County Sheriff Marty Arganbright announced the news during this week’s meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. Raven was struck by a car in October 2010, and never fully recovered from a compound leg fracture he suffered during the accident. He also suffers from arthritis in his injured leg. Arganbright says even though Raven underwent surgery to repair the damage to his leg, the dog was unable to continue with the force. He’s served the county for six years. 

Raven’s training was paid for entirely through donations, and cost about $10,000. His after-accident surgery exceeded $4,000, and was also fully funded by donations. The Sheriff said Raven will not be replaced any time soon. He hopes someone will step forward and adopt the dog, whom he says served the County well, and needs to be treated right, in his retirement years.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County say a Glenwood man was cited for Failure to Yield, following a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon, about 4-miles north of Villisca. Authorities say a 1995 Toyota Camry driven by 49-year old Bruce Fitzwater, of Villisca, was traveling north on Highway 71, when a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am driven by 24-year old Tyler Wolfe, of Glenwood, exited westbound Highway 34 and didn’t see Fitzwater’s car. Wolfe attempted to turn south onto Highway 71 from the stop sign, when his vehicle pulled into the Toyota’s path.

The accident happened at around 3:35-p.m.  Damage from the incident amounted to $3,200. No injuries were reported.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will make a couple of final public stops in western Iowa Saturday, just three days before the Iowa caucuses.

Newt Gingrich

 Gingrich will start off the day with a “Newt’s Jobs and Growth Bus Tour” event at Tish’s Restaurant in Council Bluffs (at 1207 S. 35th St.), beginning at 9-a.m. Afterward, he’ll will hold a similar meeting in Atlantic at the Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company (at 4 East 2nd Street), beginning  at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Today (Friday), Gingrich will be in Creston at 5-p.m. for an event at the Adams Street Espresso & Soda Shoppe (213 W. Adams St.), and in Shenandoah at M’s Fine Dining, 504 W. Sheridan Ave. at 8 p.m. Both of those events are open to the public as well.