Updated Information Regarding Sunday Afternoon Accident
(Le Mars) — Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office has released additional information regarding the injury accident that happened Sunday afternoon at about 4:00 p.m. The incident occurred on Highway 60 near county road C-16.
According to the traffic report, 13 year old Brandon Vodehnal of Austin, Minnesota, was riding in the second row left seat as a passenger in a Dodge Durango. Vodehnal began to exit the vehicle while traveling at 65 mph. The driver slowed to approximately 30 mph at which point the 13 year old opened
the rear left passenger door and jumped from the vehicle landing in the middle of the northbound lanes. The teenage boy suffered head trauma and other injuries. He was initially transported to Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars by the Le Mars Ambulance, then later was airlifted and transported to Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota via the Sanford Medical Air
Ambulance. Traffic on Highway 60 was backed up during the time rescue crews were working the scene. Responding to the scene included the Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, the Le Mars Ambulance and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office.
Central Avenue Construction To Resume On July 5th
(Le Mars) — Le Mars city officials have announced the scheduled date to start on phase 2 of Central Avenue overlay will begin on July 5th and with weather permitting, it should be open to the public on July 19th.
Phase 2 will start South of the intersection of Plymouth St. and Central Ave. and go south on Central Ave. to the North side of the intersection of 2nd St. and Central Ave. Harris Construction is the contractor to perform the overlay project.
Motorists Desire To Acquire New License Plates
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A new state license plate is catching on with some Iowa vehicle owners.
The new standard plate options will get phased in over 10 years, but people who want them now can pay $5 extra upon reviewing their registrations at county treasurer offices.
The new plates were first issued by the Iowa Department of
Transportation in April. The existing standard Iowa license plates date to 1997. They account for 4.2 million of the 4.4 million Iowa plates in circulation.
The new plate has art, with a metro skyline on one side of the word “Iowa,” and a windmill and farm on the other.
Fatal Accident Happens In Northern Iowa
WELLSBURG, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say one person has died in a weekend crash in northern Iowa.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the one-vehicle crash was reported shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday on Highway 20 in Grundy County, about three miles west of Highway 14. The Grundy County sheriff’s office has not identified the person killed.
Deputies say the vehicle was driving westbound when it drove off the right-hand shoulder and entered the ditch, then struck a fence and a tree.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Fatal Motorcycle Accident Happens Near Pleasant Hill
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police say a 36-year-old Des Moines man was killed in a weekend motorcycle crash in nearby Pleasant Hill.
The Des Moines Register reports that Timothy Cooper was riding in Pleasant Hill around 7 a.m. Sunday when he lost control and was thrown from his motorcycle.
Pleasant Hill police say speed was a factor in the crash. Cooper was launched over a fence and found more than 500 feet from his motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pleasant Hill Police Sgt. Paul Brown say two witnesses reported seeing the motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed. The speed limit for that section of the road is 45 mph.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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Fisherman’s Body Recovered
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) – Officials have recovered the body of a fisherman who went missing in southeast Iowa.
A local boater found the body of 79-year-old Richard Lewis Mart, of Ottumwa, in the Des Moines River around 8:30 a.m. Monday. His body was found just north of the Blackhawk Road Access, northwest of Ottumwa.
Authorities had been searching for Mart since his boat was discovered wedged a riverbank on Saturday morning on what is known as Turkey Island.
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Scientists To Participate On Bio-Blitz
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Dozens of scientists are coming to a Davenport nature preserve with the goal of identifying as many species of life as possible in a 24-hour period.
The Quad-City Times reports that about 50 scientists will be at
Nahant Marsh on Friday and Saturday for a “bio-blitz,” where they’ll collect basic taxonomic data and highlight the value of local habitats.
Nahant Executive Director Brian Ritter says there hasn’t been a
comprehensive survey of the entire property. He says he’s interested to see if scientists will discover any threatened or endangered species in the area.
The event will also include educational activities for residents and
children.
The bio-blitz is sponsored by the Guardians of the Prairie and Forest group in partnership with the Nahant Marsh Education Center and Friends of Nahant Marsh.
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High School Graduating Class Has Five Eagle Scouts
DENVER, Iowa (AP) – Nearly a tenth of a northeast Iowa high school’s small graduating class are Eagle Scouts.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Denver High School’s class of 2018 had 52 students. Five of them have reached the rank of Eagle Scout through Troop 118 in Denver, Iowa.
Karter Krueger, Jonah Dunkin, Trevor Thrum and Brandon Beaty began as Tiger Cubs in first grade. Nicholas Krabbenhoft joined in sixth grade after moving from Alaska.
The five Scouts combined have more than 140 merit badges, have spent more than 150 nights camping and have done more than 1,000 documented hours of community service.
Their Eagle Scout project included improving a local baseball and
softball field, creating a metal sign for a cemetery, rewiring a church sound system and building a Frisbee golf course.
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