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Tuesday News, April 24th

SIOUX COUNTY  MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SEXUAL ABUSE WITH CHILD 

A Rock Valley, Iowa man has been sentenced to prison in Sioux County District Court for Felony Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree.

71-year-old Lloyd Schlumbohm was sentenced to ten years in prison.

The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office had received a report in January of a sexual assault that occurred six years earlier in Sioux County.

Deputies interviewed Schlumbohm who admitted he engaged in a sexual act with a child.

Further investigation revealed Schlumbohm committed multiple sexual acts with that child.

Schlumbohm will be required to register as a sex offender and be supervised as if on parole for the remainder of his life once he completes his prison term.

 

DISCHARGING FIREWORKS LEADS TO UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CHARGES FOR LE MARS BOYS

On Saturday, April 21, at 10:14 pm, the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office charged several people with alcohol violations.

The charges stemmed from an incident where a deputy on patrol in the area saw fireworks being discharged at a location on Fig Avenue, two and one-half miles northeast of Ireton, IA.
Upon further investigation, the deputy discovered people under age the age of 21 who were in possession of alcohol at the location where the fireworks were being discharged.

Aden Waterman, age 18, of Hawarden, IA, Tyler Uden, age 20, Robert Cords, age 20, Houston McKee, age 20, and a juvenile male, all of LeMars, were cited for underage possession of alcohol.

STORY OF TANZANIAN MIRACLE CHILDREN IN SIOUX CITY TO BE TOLD IN NEW BOOK

A book telling the story of three Tanzanian children who survived a fatal school bus crash in Africa and were airlifted to Sioux City for medical treatment will soon be released.

Dr. Steve Meyer, who treated the children in Africa and at Mercy Medical Center, has written the story about Wilson, Doreen and Sadia.

Meyer and others who helped in the rescue are being honored in Dallas, Texas this Saturday, where the book will make its debut.

Dr. Meyer says Dallas has the largest population of Tanzanian immigrants in the U.S.

Meyer says the book titled, “Answer the Call” chronicles how he and others helped the children, and how they were brought to Sioux City.

The three children were treated at Mercy Medical Center for a combined 17 fractures from the crash that claimed the lives of 36 people, mostly other children.

The book will be available to order this weekend through Stemm.org or from Amazon.

BOONE POLICE SAY OFFICERS FATALLY SHOT MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE

BOONE, Iowa (AP) – Police say officers shot and killed a man in Boone after he charged at them while holding a knife.

Boone police on Monday released a description of events leading up to the Saturday shooting death of 48-year-old Timothy Wayne Anderson.

Police say officers were called to a home where a woman reported a man threatening her and another person with a knife.

Officers could hear yelling when they arrived at the home, and when they tried to enter Anderson ran out. After he ignored orders to drop the knife, police say “multiple” officers shot and killed Anderson.

The department placed six officers on paid leave while the matter is investigated.

An autopsy will be conducted Tuesday on Anderson.

DRIVER CONVICTED OF HITTING BICYCLIST CAMPING IN TENT

SHENANDOAH, Iowa (AP) – A jury has convicted a Louisiana man whose pickup truck hit a bicyclist who was camping after a ride in Iowa.

56-year-old Danny Cardin, of Homer, Louisiana, was found guilty of causing serious injury by vehicle but found not guilty of leaving the scene of a serious injury accident. His sentencing in the Fremont County Courthouse is scheduled for May 21.

An Iowa State Patrol report says James Foley, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sleeping in a tent at the 59er Motel & Campgrounds in Shenandoah on the night of July 17, 2016, when the pickup went off the driveway and struck the tent and him.

Foley had been participating in a statewide biking event known as RAGBRAI.