(9-a.m. News) — Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports a physical search for a missing rural Clarinda man suffering from Dementia, was officially suspended Thursday afternoon. 68-year old Dale Allen Hodtwalker is still missing. He was last seen Tuesday morning. Hodtwalker is described as being 6-feet tall, 140 pounds with gray hair, a gray beard and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue or gray t-shirt, gray and black pajama pants and white socks. Family members say in addition to dementia, the man walks with a severe limp, cannot speak and is hard of hearing. They say he left the residence without shoes or a coat.

Dale Hodtwalker

Sheriff Palmer says the physical search was suspended after conferring with Hodtwalker’s family, area landowners / farmers, medical personnel, members of the search teams, legal staff, and Law Enforcement. He said also, “The Page County Sheriff’s Office wishes to thank everyone involved in searching for Hodtwalker. The decision to suspend the physical search was done only after every possible resource had been used.”

Anyone with any information about Hodtwalker or his whereabouts is asked to contact the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193. Any and all leads will be followed up on immediately.

The City of Audubon is advising residents, that Building Crafts, Inc. from Red Oak, will be installing new water meters in your residence. They will need clear access to your current water meter, and water service will be temporarily shut off during the installation which takes about 20 to 30 minutes. Crews will be wearing identification so that you can verify that the employee is with Building Crafts, Inc. The City say “Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.”

A man wanted for Child Endangerment with substantial risk, and Domestic Abuse Assault by strangulation, was arrested a little after 10-p.m. Thursday, in Pottawattamie County. Sheriff’s officials say 29-year old Joshua Tyler Herron, of Honey Creek, was arrested at a residence in rural northern Honey Creek. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond related to the Child Endangerment charge.

A collision between a 2014 Kia Sorento and a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, Thursday, resulted in possible/unknown injuries to a Red Oak teen. Red Oak Police say the accident in the parking lot of the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (MCMH) happened at around 2-p.m.  Authorities say the Hyundai, driven by 17-year old Alexia Ann Fridolph, of Red Oak, was traveling east through the parking lot, as the KIA, driven by 16-year old Chance Eldon Kline, of Essex, was traveling southbound. Kline told police he didn’t see the other vehicle. The KIA struck the Hyundai on the driver’s side door area.

When Fridolph complained of a slight amount of pain following the collision, officers contacted rescue to have her checked out. The teen was then transported to MCMH for further evaluation. Damage from the collision amounted to $2,700. Both vehicles were able to be driven from the scene. No citations were issued. The owner of the Sonata was identified as Timothy Fridolph, of Red Oak, while the KIA is owned by Cybill Erickson, of Essex.

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — A judge who presided over a non-jury trial has convicted a man who’d been charged with killing his former girlfriend. Lee County court records say Judge Mary Brown found 25-year-old Adam McCain guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him Thursday to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Authorities say McCain stabbed 27-year-old Calove Sackman once on Feb. 5 in Keokuk, got into his vehicle and ran her over, and then got back out and stabbed her several more times.
His defense attorney said in his closing argument Oct. 17 that the slaying was not premeditated and that McCain had a bipolar disorder and other problems that would make him compulsive.

A prosecutor said that McCain had told Sackman if she ever left him, he’d kill her and her children.