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(Decorah, Iowa) – A public memorial service will be held early tonight (Thursday) for two Decorah High School seniors who died in a single vehicle accident last Friday night. Eighteen year old Dalton Hemsath and Carter Ike,, both of Decorah, died from injuries they received in the accident. Three passengers were also seriously injured.
The public celebration of life will begin at 5 p.m. at Decorah High School.
(Schleswig, Iowa) Two people were injured during a head-on collision Wednesday evening, in Crawford County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2006 GMC Envoy driven by 35-year-old Austin Wulf, of Denison, and a 2007 Chevy Impala driven by 28-year-old Beth Weber, of Mapleton, collided at around 4:36-p.m., north of Schleswig.
Authorities say the GMC was southbound on Highway 59 when for some reason it crossed the center line of the road and collided with northbound Impala, just south of A Avenue. Both drivers were transported to the Crawford County Memorial Hospital by Crawford EMS. A report on their injuries was not available.
The Patrol says Wulf was not wearing a seat belt.
Sheriff’s Deputies in Page County, Wednesday, arrested 18-year-old Clayton Michael Kenneth Tillman, of Clarinda. He was taken into custody for Violation of the Iowa Sex Offender Registry and transported to the Page County Jail, where his bond was set at $2,000.
Clayton Tillman (Page County booking photo)
Atlantic, Iowa – Officials with Cass Health have announced that beginning January 3, 2022, Aubrey Molgaard, DNP, ARNP will provide care to patients of all ages at Atlantic, Griswold, and Massena Medical Center.
A familiar face to many, Molgaard has been a part of Cass Health since 2006. Previously, she worked in nursing and diabetes education. While working, she continued in her studies and recently completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice in July 2021 at Nebraska Methodist College.
Aubrey Molgaard
Molgaard is dual certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE). Because of her background as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, she works closely with the endocrinology team at UNMC.
“Honestly my passion is helping people connect the dots and giving them the best care possible. I love helping people and giving them hope with a partnership in their own self care,” said Molgaard.
Appointments with Molgaard will be available two days a week in Atlantic, and one day a week in both Griswold and Massena. To make an appointment, please call 712-243-2850.
The events of Dec. 15 have been categorized as a derecho, which is the first recorded derecho in December in United States history. At least five people died across Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. One of which was in eastern Iowa where a semitrailer rolled after being struck by high winds. Iowa State Patrol confirmed the driver was killed during the incident.
Reports confirm more than 400,000 homes were without power between Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas. Officials are still surveying the damage. Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for residents in 43 counties. Locally, that includes: Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Union, and Worth counties.
(Updated 12/23/21) – A collision between a pickup truck and a car Wednesday afternoon at Highway 48 and Union Street, near the Griswold High School, resulted in two people being transported to the hospital. According to reports, the pickup was traveling north on Highway 48 at around 1:30-p.m. A Chevy Impala was exiting the Griswold H.S. parking lot. The vehicle stopped, but then pulled out in front of the pickup, and was struck on the left front side. The pickup had the right-of-way.
The accident happened at around 1:30-p.m. Authorities say two people in the Impala, a 15-year old female driver and her male juvenile passenger were injured and were transported by Griswold Rescue to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. The driver of the pickup was identified as 65-year-old Paul Travis, of Lewis. He suffered minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital at the time of this report.
Authorities said sun glare may have impaired the vision of the car’s driver, resulting in the collision. Damage to the pickup was estimated at $40,000, while the car sustained $7,000 damage.
MASON CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation was requested by the Iowa Falls Police Department to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred December 8th within the city limits of Iowa Falls. The DCI has completed its investigation and the results were forwarded to the Hardin County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office for review. On Wednesday (today), the Iowa A-G’s Office released the results of their review.
In it, they said the actions of Iowa State Patrol Troopers Corey Smock and Jeremy Schaffer were “Entirely legally justified” and the subject in question, 35-year-old Jared Risius, “provided no other option to officers other than to utilize dead force against him.” The report said also, Risius “Was provided every opportunity to end the confrontation peacefully, and chose not to do so. Risius died from his wounds. The A-G’s Office now considers the investigation closed.
Brief incident summary:
Police said on Dec. 8th at around 7:03-a.m., a woman called police to report a man was stalking her in his vehicle. The two had previously dated. The Iowa Falls Police Department, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department and the Iowa State Patrol sent units to respond. The law enforcement officers arrived in time to see the man hit the woman’s car with his own.
The incident unfolded near the intersection of College Avenue and Siloam Avenue, about two blocks from both an elementary school and the community college. Police say the woman who called about the stalking was taken to safety. Video taken by neighbors shows officers taking up positions while trying to get the man into custody.
Shortly after that, police say Risius was shot while trying to get away.
(Radio Iowa) – Thousands of Christmas presents are being left by mail carriers and package delivery people outside Iowans’ homes this week and porch pirates may be watching and waiting to steal those boxes. Jason Cloudt, with SEI Security Solutions, says if you’re not home to monitor what’s delivered to your doorstep, you should take steps to protect your purchases. “The most popular things out there today are video doorbells,” Cloudt says. “They’re simple little devices that can replace the button you have by your front door now. They have a camera built in.”
Those video doorbells come in a wide range of prices with a host of associated monitoring services and security systems. The doorbells can also be purchased as stand-alone devices. “The do-it-yourself items can start under $100. The professionally-installed video doorbells that we install are between $250 and $350,” Cloudt says. Many of the video doorbell systems can be linked to your smartphone.
“Some of the less expensive options may not be tied to your smart device, but the most common devices have the ability for you to just launch an app on your phone and watch live or get an alert when there is live video – someone either pushing the button or someone who is within view of that camera on your front door,” Cloudt says.
If you’d rather not spend money on a camera system, police suggest having packages delivered to your workplace.
(Radio Iowa) – Members of the PlyWood Trail Foundation held a ground breaking in Merrill on Tuesday afternoon for the start of the recreational trail that will ultimately connect Le Mars to Sioux City, as well as Merrill and Hinton. Ryan Meyer, chairman of foundation, says the project has been years in the making and now the actual construction on the trail will begin within the next few days.
Mike Wells, of Wells Enterprises, is a cycling enthusiast, having competed in triathlons, and he’s donated several thousand dollars to the project. Wells says the trail will add quality to life and it, along with other proposed bicycle trails in and around Sioux City, will help the region to grow.
According to a news release issued by the PlyWood Trail Foundation, $4 million dollars has been raised to support the recreational trail effort from a variety of both public and private sources. Every dollar the foundation is able to raise has the ability to be matched by both state and federal funds. Although a final version of the trail has yet to be approved by the Iowa Department of Transportation, organizers hope to connect to Sioux City by 2023.
(Radio Iowa) – Looking back on the weather this year — Iowa flirted with some major drought issues before seeing relief. The D-N-R’s Tim Hall tracks hydrological issues — and says some communities did get to a point where their water sources were getting very low. “There was a concern back during the worst conditions in some parts of the state for rural water systems, especially those that rely on shallow groundwater on the edges of streams and rivers. They were concerned about demand outpacing supply,” Hall says. The concern increased as drought levels continued to get worse.
“We were watching very, very carefully some systems in the state. Some had some voluntary water restrictions in place. It could have gotten a lot worse — except for some timely rains that we had,” he says. Hall says Iowa also was fortunate that when the rain came it wasn’t overwhelming for most areas. “There was one part of the state where we did have some flash flooding up in northeast Iowa. But for the most part, for the majority of the state for this year, the rain came in a gentle enough fashion that we didn’t have flash flooding, we didn’t have dangerous situations,” according to Hall. “So. it’s really nice to see the rain come in a low enough intensity that we don’t have to deal with the flooding side.”
Hall says the rainfall situation is always about location — and one big storm can make a difference. “There was part of northeast Iowa where they were being shown on the drought monitor as being in drought, while at the same time they had some localized short-term flooding situations going on. So, it can flip pretty quickly if the conditions are right,” Hall says.
Hall says the state was able to build back some of the water reserves lost toward the end of the year with fall rains. He says things are not totally back to a perfect situation — but are much better than when the drought was growing.