Semi Truck Hits Farm Tractor Pulling Wagons
(Brunsville) — An accident happened Wednesday morning at about 11:00 a.m. near Brunsville involving a semi truck pulling a tanker that hit a tractor pulling two wagons. One victim was airlifted to a Sioux City hospital by means of the Mercy Air Care helicopter. Responding to the accident were the Le Mars Ambulance Service, Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, Plymouth County Secondary Roads Department, and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office. Specific information
about the accident, including the name of the victim has not yet been released. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation.
Accident Occurs At 140th Street And Highway 75
(Le Mars) — Within 45 minutes of the first accident, emergency crews were responding to a second accident that happened at about 11:45 a.m. The second accident from Wednesday morning occurred near the intersection of 140th Street and Highway 75 north of Le Mars. The accident involved a pickup truck pulling a livestock trailer and a SUV. The Le Mars Ambulance Service, Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office all responded to the accident scene. No word yet if there were any injuries involved with the second accident. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation.
Accident At Intersection of County Roads C-38 And K-22
(Le Mars) — Emergency rescue crews consisting of the Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, and the Le Mars Ambulance Service responded to a third accident yesterday afternoon shortly before 4:00 p.m. at the intersection of county road
C-38 and K-22 west of Le Mars. Two vehicles, a mini van and a sedan four door car collided at the intersection. According to the Iowa Highway Patrol, who is conducting the investigation, the injuries sustained were minor.
Westfield Man Injured In Tractor Roll-over Accident
(Le Mars) — Meanwhile, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a farm tractor roll-over accident that happened Saturday afternoon at about 3:30 p.m. The tractor roll-over accident occurred at 24265 Concord Avenue near Westfield. 53 year old Douglas Graves was operating a 1955 International 560
tractor when it rolled down a small hill on the property. The tractor rolled over on top of Graves. The Akron Ambulance transported Graves to Unity Point Health- St. Luke’s of Sioux City with what was believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
Chamber Holiday Dollars Go On Sale Saturday
(Le Mars) — This Saturday, the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce will be selling $30,000 worth of Holiday Dollars which can be used at many Le Mars retail businesses and restaurants. Mary Reynolds is the Chamber’s Main Street
Director. She says doors to the Chamber office will open at 8:15 a.m. but, the holiday dollars won’t be sold until 9:00 a.m.
Reynolds says the popular program has been modified a bit this year. Shoppers have the opportunity to purchase restaurant and retail holiday dollars.
Reynolds says Chamber representatives will be selling a total of $30,000 for the two categories.
The Le Mars businesses participating in the Holiday dollars include: 4 Brothers,
Archie’s Waeside, Habitue’ Coffeehouse and Bakery, La Fiesta Charra, P’s Pizza House, Pizza Ranch, Subway, Taco John’s, Bomgaars, Claussen’s, Cork-It, Emily’s Home Furnishings, Hardware Hank, Ho-topp Jewelry and Gifts, Joba’s, Premier Communications, Rust Western Shed, Sunshine Foods, and The Education Station and Toy Depot.
Le Mars To Host Live2Lead Leadership Seminar
(Le Mars) — A leadership seminar will be featured in Le Mars via simulcast rebroadcast. The program is titled: Live2Lead and it will be presented in Le Mars on Friday, November 18th. Cheryl Wells will host the seminar with doors opening at 7:00 a.m. for registration and coffee. The program, Live2Lead will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will conclude by 12:00 noon. Tickets are $79 per person, plus group discount tickets are available and can be purchased online .
Speakers include John C. Maxwell, a leadership expert, and bestselling author and coach. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and was identified as the number one leader in business by the AMA and the world’s most influential leadership expert by Inc. in 2014. Another speaker will be Simon
Sinek, optimist, author and leadership authority. Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. Dan Cathy, chairman, president and CEO of Chick-fil-A restaurant chain will also be a featured speaker. Liz Wiseman, researcher, executive advisor, speaker, and President of the Wiseman Group, a
leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. Wiseman teaches leadership to execcutives and emerging leaders around the world. She is the author of three bestselling books. Wiseman is a former executive at the Oracle Corporation, where she worked over the course of 17 years as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development. Live2Lead is designed to deliver the very best leadership content to inspire and motivate you and your team.
Police Arrest Suspect Involved With Police Shootings
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police say a white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police has ambushed and fatally shot two white officers in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars.
Police took 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene into custody hours after the killings and less than three weeks after he argued with officers who removed him
from a high school football game where he had unfurled a Confederate flag near black spectators. The officers were fatally shot early Wednesday.
Greene flagged down an Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee in a rural area west of Des Moines, identified himself and asked that the employee call 911. Sheriff’s deputies and state patrol officers took him into custody.
Ames Police Woman Who Shot Husband
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Police have arrested an Ames woman on suspicion of killing her husband in a shooting death that authorities had originally reported as an accident.
35-year-old Candace Cummings has been charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 21 shooting death of 36-year-old Harland “Jesse” Cummings.
Officers sent to a trailer home found Cummings, who’d been shot in the head. Witnesses at the home told police the shooting was an accident.
But police say Candace Cummings later told investigators as she was being interviewed that she killed her husband because of stress in their marriage.
She remained in the Story County Jail on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment. No attorney is yet listed for her in online court records.
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Man Accused Of Stealing Lottery Tickets
BONDURANT, Iowa (AP) – A man has been accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth of Iowa lottery scratch tickets while working at a store in Polk County.
Court records say 27-year-old Matthew Hinrichs, of Bondurant, is charged with lottery ticket theft or forgery. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Hinrichs. His next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 10.
A criminal complaint says Hinrichs was fired after being caught stealing the tickets from Brick Street Market in Bondurant, where he’d worked since 2014.
The complaint says he claimed winnings from those tickets at other retail locations.
