(Buffalo Center, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a pickup truck in northeastern Iowa, Saturday afternoon, left one person dead and two others injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2014 Ford Fusion, 78-year-old Richard Hensel, of Monticello, MN, died in the crash. A passenger in his vehicle, 77-year-old Gloria Hensel, also of Monticello, MN, and the driver of a 2002 Ford F-250 pickup, 61-year-old Dean Balvance, of Buffalo Center, were injured in the collision.

The accident happened at around 2:52-p.m., N. of Buffalo Center. The Patrol says the pickup driven by Balvance was traveling north on 20th Avenue, while the car was traveling south. The car turned in front of the pickup to made a left turn into a residence, when it was struck.

Richard Hensel died at the scene. Dean Balvance and Gloria Hensel were transported by ambulance to a hospital in Blue Earth, Minnesota. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Dept., and the Buffalo Center and Forest City Ambulance services.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – An accident in Red Oak Saturday morning caused an estimated $30,000 damage to two vintage vehicles. Red Oak Police say the accident happened at around 8:25-a.m. in the 200 block of E. Coolbaugh Street, when the owner of a 1961 Ford Custom, 81-year-old Jerry L. Stanley, of Red Oak, exited the car near N. 4th Street and E. Coolbaugh. Stanley told Police the put the vehicle into park before he got out, and when he looked back, the car was going backwards.

The vehicle rolled and struck a parked 1955 Chevy Bel Air that was legally parked, and registered to Gary Sortino. There were no injuries. Authorities say it remains undetermined if the Ford was in park, or left in reverse by accident. Bystanders/witnesses said the car was moving backwards, very quickly. Officers noted there may have been a slight down grade on the road, but it was very small.

Jerry Stanley was issued a written warning for Parking without stopping or setting [the] brake.

(Shenandoah, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 12:02-a.m. Saturday south of Shenandoah, resulted in the arrest on drug charges, of a woman and man from Missouri. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Chrysler near the intersection of Highway 59 and 300th Street. Deputies detected odor of controlled substances coming from the vehicle and conducted a probable cause search. They located approximately 11.1 grams of Methamphetamine and approximately 16 grams of marijuana as well as drug paraphernalia. (photos provided by the Fremont County S/O)

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The driver, 44-year-old Jacqueline Riley, and her passenger, 60-year-old Richard Lindsay, both of Tarkio, Missouri, were arrested for:

• Possession of Methamphetamine
• Possession of Marijuana
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp

Both were taken to the Fremont County Jail, and held on $7,000 bond. Riley was released after posting bond, while Lindsey is still in custody. The Page County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

(Lewis, Iowa) – [A GoFundMe account has been established for Richard and his son Sean Keller]. The cause of a house fire in Lewis this (Saturday) morning, remains under investigation. The blaze at 203 Court Street in Lewis, was reported at around 9-a.m. The home’s owner, Rich Keller, told KJAN he could smell something burning when he was in the kitchen.

Keller has lived in Lewis for about 30-years. He says his house was just repainted last year. He’s not sure how the fire started.

When firefighters arrived, the found flames coming from the roof on the east side, in the attic/wall areas. Firefighters from Lewis, Atlantic & Griswold were on the scene, along with the Cass County Sheriff’s Department and Cass EMS. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Tim Pope says the home is likely a total loss. The fire was declared out, a little after 10:30-a.m.

Sean Keller (Photo)

(Photo’s by KJAN News Director Ric Hanson)

(Lewis, Iowa) – Atlantic, Lewis and Griswold Fire were called to the scene of a house fire this (Saturday) morning, in Lewis. The incident was reported at around 8:55-a.m. at 203 Court Street, in Lewis. Additional details are currently not available.

(Radio Iowa) – A Bettendorf chiropractor who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay 22-thousand dollars. According to the Iowa Insurance Division, Joshua David Blunt had submitted false insurance claims to Wellmark on two previous occasions and had repaid the company, but he continued to file factious bills for chiropractic care which was never provided.

Blunt has been ordered to repay Wellmark nearly 21-thousand dollars and pay a civil penalty. Investigators also discovered that in 2017 Blunt paid eight-thousand dollars for a recreational vehicle, but claimed he bought it for a dollar to avoid the registration fee. He’s been ordered to pay that 425-dollar fee on the R-V as well.