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Saturday News, December 16th

AUTOPSY SHOWS NO PHYSICAL TRAUMA IN LE MARS MAN’S DEATH

AN AUTOPSY BY THE IOWA MEDICAL EXAMINER ON THE BODY OF A LE MARS MAN SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL TRAUMA.

THE BODY OF 57 YEAR OLD JOHN PETER KOLEY WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS HOME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON .

A STATEMENT FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE VAN OTTERLOO SAYS THE EXAMINATION FRIDAY MORNING BY THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, GUNSHOT OR KNIFE WOUNDS.

THE SHERIFF SAYS THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH ARE PENDING TOXICOLOGY RESULTS THAT WILL BE KNOWN IN TEN TO 14 DAYS.

VAN OTTERLOO SAYS KOLEY’S DEATH IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED AS SUSPICIOUS, AND INVESTIGATORS ARE FOLLOWING UP ON INFORMATION THEY HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT THE CASE.

JONES PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN DEATH OF FORMER SIOUX CITY MAN

A PAROLEE CHARGED WITH KILLING A FORMER SIOUX CITY MAN IN AN IOWA CITY BAIL BOND OFFICE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE CASE.

41-YEAR-OLD CURTIS JONES ENTERED THE WRITTEN PLEA THURSDAY.

JONES IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING 34-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN WIESELER IN THE HEAD WHILE COMMITTING A ROBBERY AT THE LEDERMAN BAIL BOND OFFICE IN IOWA CITY ON APRIL 22ND.

POLICE SAY JONES WAS SEEN ON SECURITY VIDEO NEAR THE CRIME SCENE AND THAT WIESELER’S DNA WAS FOUND IN JONES’ VEHICLE.

JONES IS ALSO CHARGED WITH THE JUNE MURDER OF IOWA CITY CAB DRIVER RICKY LILLIE.

HE HAS ALSO PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN THAT CASE.

THE IOWA BOARD OF PAROLE RELEASED JONES FROM PRISON YEARS EARLY IN NOVEMBER 2016 IN AN ARMED ROBBERY CASE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS DEEMED A HIGH RISK TO RE-OFFEND.

BAKER’S LATEST TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER SOUTH SIOUX CITY ODORS

THE NUMBER OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS SUING THAT CITY AND BIG OX ENERGY AFTER BEING DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOME BY ODORS IS NOW UP TO SIX FAMILIES.

ROBERT AND MARIE BAKER ARE THE LATEST TO HAVE A LAWSUIT FILED.

THE LAWSUIT ALSO LISTS BAKER’S COMPANY, KENNA DEVELOPMENT, AS A PLAINTIFF.

FOUR TOTAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS ARE LISTED THAT THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS WERE AFFECTED BY ODORS AND GASES THAT BACKED UP THROUGH THE CITY’S SEWER SYSTEM FROM BIG OX ENERGY.

BAKER AND HIS PARENTS OCCUPIED TWO OF THE CONDOS.

BAKER IS ASKING FOR $402,000 IN PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HIS HOME AND AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT FOR DAMAGE TO THE COUPLE’S PERSONAL HEALTH AND ONGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

KENNA DEVELOPMENT SEEKS NEARLY 1.15 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE OTHER THREE UNITS.

MORE LAWSUITS ON BEHALF OF OTHER DISPLACED FAMILIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED IN THE COMING WEEKS.

TOYS FOR TOTS IS SEEKING IOWA DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS

A HOLIDAY TRADITION IS UNDERWAY IN IOWA THAT WAS STARTED BY THE U-S MARINE CORPS IN 1947 TO HELP PROVIDE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

RETIRED GENERAL PETE OSMAN IS C-E-O FOR THE MARINE CORPS’ TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM. SOME 110-THOUSAND IOWA CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, 15-MILLION KIDS NATIONWIDE, AND OSMAN SAYS THE NUMBERS GROW EVERY YEAR.

IOWANS ARE BEING URGED TO CONTRIBUTE HOWEVER THEY CAN, THROUGH DONATING TOYS, CASH OR THEIR TIME. OSMAN SAYS IT’S EASY TO TAKE PART, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ALREADY GOING TO BE OUT SHOPPING.

ALL DONATIONS MADE IN IOWA STAY IN IOWA AND THEY TYPICALLY GO TO CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE DONATION WAS MADE.

VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO NEEDED TO HELP SORT TOYS BY AGE AND GENDER AT THE CHARITY’S WAREHOUSES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN IOWA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION HEAD TO THEIR WEBSITE — TOYSFORTOTS.ORG