Plymouth County Fair Sets Attendance Record
(Le Mars) — The 75th edition of the Plymouth County Fair is now entered into the
history books. Fair officials indicate a great attendance for Saturday and Sunday,
helped push the total attendance to just over 107,100 people for the week.
According to fair officials, the attendance set a new record and passing the old
established record by more than six thousand people. Rich Benson, the president of
the Plymouth County Fair says in all aspects, it was a good fair.
Benson says the fair faced a lot of other entertainment competition within the area
with concerts near Cherokee and in Sioux City, but still was able to report a
strong attendance. Benson says he heard several positive comments from visitors to
the fair, and was especially pleased at how everything performed well.
The Plymouth County Fair president says the reason why the fair is, and has been so
successful is the number of volunteers that dedicate several hours to the fair.
Benson says he heard many good comments regarding the entertainment acts that
performed at the Pioneer Village stage. He comments that sometimes, due to
scheduling conflicts, the fair board will need to book an act well in advance.
Camper Trailer Catches On Fire
(Akron) — A camper trailer caught on fire Sunday morning at about 10:45 a.m. at
the intersection of Highway 3 and Diamond Avenue. The Akron Fire Department
responded to the blaze, and Akron Fire Chief Shane Coyle says the trailer was fully
engulfed and a total loss when fire fighters arrived on the scene. Coyle isn’t
certain as to who the owners are and their home address, but he did say the trailer
was returning home following a weekend at the “Creekfest” concert series held near
Cherokee. Coyle believes the fire may have started from a blown tire that went
unnoticed by the owners and wooden materials within the camper trailer got hot,
which ignited the fire. Coyle says there were no injuries associated with the
fire. Akron Fire officials were on the scene for approximately a half an hour.
The Plymouth County Sheriff’s office assisted with traffic control at the scene.
Deadly Weekend For Northwest Iowa Fatal Accidents
— It’s been a deadly weekend for fatal accidents in northwest Iowa. New
details about a rollover accident Saturday night that killed a Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
man.
The driver, 21-year-old Casey Herron of Quimby was arrested Saturday night and was
later released from the Cherokee County Jail, authorities say.
Herron was driving East bound on 470th Street when he lost control of his vehicle.
Authorities say 21-year-old passenger Vitali Zhylka was transported to Cherokee
Regional Medical Center where he died of his injuries.
The incident happened just before seven.
The investigation is ongoing.
ATV Accident Claims Life
(Sheldon) — The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office reports that about 6:50 p.m. on
Saturday evening, they received a 911 call of a report of a 4-wheeler accident
north of Sheldon. When they got there, emergency personal were directed to an area
surrounding a pond on the back side of the property. Witnesses at the scene say
they saw two people riding together on a 4-wheeler on a gravel road surrounding the
pond. They were reportedly travelling at a fairly high rate of speed and entered a
curve in the road when the driver of the 4-wheeler, 26-year-old Garrett Crowl of
Ashton, lost control on the gravel and slid sideways. It appeared the 4-wheeler
then rolled sideways and struck a tree, according to witnesses. Crowl and a
passenger on the ATV, 25-year-old Shaleah (shuh-LEE-uh) Donavon of Sheldon, were
both seriously injured and both were transported by Sheldon Ambulance to Sanford
Sheldon Medical Center, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Donavon was pronounced
dead at the hospital and Crowl was later airlifted to Sanford USD Medical Center in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Sheriff’s Office reports that neither subject was
wearing a helmet.
Ashton Man Dies In Auto Accident
(Le Mars) — A northwest Iowa man has died in an accident near Ashton.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says on Saturday morning, they received the
report of a vehicle in the ditch about a mile south and a mile and a half west of
Ashton.The vehicle in the ditch was a red 2000 Pontiac Grand Am registered to
Heather Wilkerson of George. The driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old James Otto
Bruns of George, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office says Bruns
appeared to have been southbound on Nest Avenue when he lost control. They say the
vehicle rolled in the east ditch and landed on its wheels.
