Authorities in Iowa have positively identify the body that was discovered Saturday evening, November 16th, approximately 4 miles southwest of Mondamin in Harrison County, as that of a Nebraska man. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says fingerprints submitted to a FBI database were able to confirm that the body is that of 52 year-old Michael E. Gnirk of Hoskins, NE.

Michael Gnirk

 
Investigators are still seeking the public’s help in retracing that last few days and weeks of Mr. Gnirk’s life.  If anyone has any information, or had contact with Mr. Gnirk over the last 3 to 6 months, they are urged to contact the Iowa DCI at (712)322-1585.

A case of alleged voter fraud in western Iowa has been dismissed. The Omaha World-Herald reports the case against 39-year old Maria Isabel Lopez, of Denison, was dismissed last week, at the request of  Carroll County Attorney John Werden, who said Lopez has entered into a diversion program.

Lopez was arrested in late July, on suspicion of voter registration fraud. Authorities had alleged that she committed perjury on Sept. 11th, 2010, in Carroll, by falsifying a voter registration application.