troopers responded to 157 crashes around the state, as well as 152 calls of property damage. There were also five calls involving personal injury, and 191 instances of assisting motorists. The Iowa State Patrol says no one was killed in any...
Iowa. Lentzkow, 36, of Newton, died on Nov. 1 in a traffic accident on Interstate 80 after managing to escape from an Iowa State Patrol car while handcuffed. (AP Photo/Gary Lentzkow)(The Associated Press)
This includes the recent tragic death of a Marshall county 2-year-oldMacie Rosander of Baxter,according toKCCI.An Iowa State Patrol incident report shows Rosander was riding a tricycle at the time and that the driver looked but did not see the child. No charges have been filed. The acc...
The Washington County Sheriff's Office said a 57-year-old woman was killed in a crash after losing control of her pickup truck on Highway 30, near Arlington, and hit an oncoming truck. The other driver sustained minor injuries in the accident. Washington County is located close to the eas...
Staff and officials from the Iowa DOT, Iowa State Patrol, Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau, Federal Highway Administration, Institute for Transportation, and local law enforcement and transportation agencies met to review crash data and discuss potential safety improvements to this segment of W-55. ...
Gonse, 247 Iowa ___, 76 N.W.2d 873, 880-881, holds section 321.271 does not prevent a highway patrolman from testifying to statements he overhears at the scene of an accident which were not intended as a report or information therefor. The opinion points out that while information ...
A highway patrolman, with 13 years experience in that position, arrived on the scene soon after the accident but before the vehicles involved or the bodies had been moved. It was his belief the Hoelscher car, traveling at least 90 miles an hour, hit an oncoming truck head-on and went ...
Rep. Dave Tjepkes, R-Gowrie, introduced HF 2021, a bill banning text messaging while driving on Iowa roads and highways. The former Iowa State Patrol trooper says of the shortened session: “I’m concerned with the time constraints.” ...
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State lawmakers have already cut income taxes and corporate taxes and are now turning their attention to property taxes. Those decisions by state lawmakers will have a big impact on how local governments operate. News Iowa Congressman introduces anti-corruption bill ...