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Police await more autopsy results on Council Bluffs woman

May 26, 2006 By

An autopsy on 35-year-old Tracy Tribble finds the Council Bluffs woman’s face had been fractured by an unknown object, but police aren’t yet calling it a murder case. Officials say they’re still waiting for the full autopsy report and they are not calling the death a homicide, though they say Tribble’s husband is a “person of interest.”

Stan Tribble was charged earlier this month with assaulting his wife during an incident in April. Stan Tribble says the couple had been fighting lately, but it was always verbal, not physical. Stan Tribble says he last saw Tracy on the morning of May Third. When he returned from work at the end of the day, the woman’s car was still in the driveway, and her wedding ring and cell phone were inside the house, but she was gone.

Tracy Tribble’s body was pulled from the Missouri River May 19th. Authorities have searched the Tribble’s home and two cars, looking for possible D-N-A evidence of a struggle.

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Body of Lake View man found in Black Hawk Lake

May 26, 2006 By

The body of a missing Lake View man was found today on Black Hawk Lake. The Lake View Police Department says a local fisherman in a boat found the body of 72-year-old John Ludwig shortly after six o’clock. The body was found in an area known as Ice House Point.

The police department says the apparent cause of death is suicide. Ludwig was last seen Tuesday morning fishing from his boat. A dive team had been scheduled to resume search efforts this morning.

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Dogs rescued from hurricane may pose health risk in Iowa

May 26, 2006 By

Iowans rescued hundreds of dogs left homeless by Hurricane Katrina, but some of those animals had health problems. Local veterinarians like David Graeff in Cedar Rapids say some of the dogs are still here and could be a threat to your pet. “There are more positive heartworm dogs around eastern Iowa now than there was a year ago, and this puts your dog at an increased risk of getting heartworms,” Graeff says.

Michael Anderson, another vet in the Cedar Rapids area, explains that mosquitoes carry the heartworm disease and spread it from dog to dog. “These worms live inside the heart and it messes up the flow of blood through the heart and through the lungs, so it’s pretty debilitating if it gets advanced,” Anderson says. It takes less than ten minutes for veterinarians to draw blood and test dogs for heartworms, according to Anderson. The “snap” test also detects Lyme Disease.

David Spiegelhalter had his dog, Penelope, tested for the disease. “They just did the blood test on her, on her little paw, her little leg,” he said. The test came back negative.

Penelope does not have heartworms. “I just wanted to get her established and get tested and get her started on her pills,” he said. Penelope must take a pill once a month to prevent her from getting heartworm. Veterinarians say that’s the best way to keep your dog healthy. The heartworm blood test costs about 30 dollars. Pills typically cost about 15 bucks each. The disease usually cannot be spread without the help of a mosquito.

Filed Under: Health & Medicine

Waterloo woman, unborn baby die in accident

May 26, 2006 By

A single-car accident in Waterloo on Thursday night claimed the lives of a woman and her unborn child. Police say 20-year-old Natasha Young of Waterloo died when she lost control of her car on a city street near the National Cattle Congress Fairgrounds. The accident happened on a bridge over the Cedar River.

Authorities say the vehicle rolled over and struck a guard rail, ejecting Young and pinning her under the car. Young was the only occupant in the car. Police say her unborn child also died in the crash. Authorities continue to investigate.

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Be careful with the propane this holiday

May 26, 2006 By

Iowans will be flocking to various outdoor destinations this weekend as Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. Michelle Swertzic, a spokesperson for the propane industry, says as people start firing up those gas grills, they need to take some common sense precautions.

The first thing is getting the propane bottle filled or swapping out a new one at an exchange station, and she says you should take it right home, not leave it in the car while you run errands or do other things. While transporting or storing the bottle, be sure to keep it in an upright position; don’t lay it down on its side. Swertzic says you can keep the tank from falling on its side in the back of a truck or in the trunk of a car by using a bungee cord to secure it.

Before you start cooking, she recommends a tip to check for any leaks in your connection. Once you hook it up, take a mix of liquid soap and water and put it all around the connections to see if it makes a bubble. That gives you visual confirmation that it’s all hooked up correctly and you don’t have any leaks or anything screwed in wrong. She says owners need to remember common-sense tips like not smoking around a gas grill, and not allowing children around propane tanks. And of course, never leave that grill unattended.

Swertzic says the National Fire Protection’s figured out the number-one cause of grill incidents is people putting something onto a grill and then leaving it unwatched. The propane-gas association’s website offers handling and storage advice to farm users, dealers, and builders as well as home users planning to grill with propane. See their tips and information on training sessions for professionals at “Iowa Propane dot-org.”

Filed Under: Recreation & Entertainment

Winning Powerball ticket sold at cafeteria near the capitol

May 26, 2006 By

Someone who works under the golden dome of the state capitol may be holding a golden Powerball ticket — maybe a state lawmaker. The Iowa Lottery says a Powerball ticket worth 200-thousand dollars from Wednesday’s drawing was sold at the Lucas Cafeteria in the Lucas State Office building directly east of the statehouse.

Cafeteria manager Lonnie Harmon says his customers come from all over the capitol complex. He says customers come from the capitol, the Hoover Building, Grimes and Lucas building.

The winner has yet to come forward, but Harmon says a state worker, or workers is likely holding the winning ticket. Harmon says it’s probably “99-percent sure” that the winner is a state employee. The ticket just missed the jackpot, matching five of the six numbers drawn. Harmon says getting a winner will likely make more people buy tickets at the cafeteria.

Harmon says he’s sure it will increase sales and when people come in to buy lottery tickets, they buy other things to so, “It makes me happy.” The Lucas Cafeteria has sold lottery tickets for about three years. No one picked the correct numbers to win the jackpot, which will move to 28-million for the Saturday drawing.

Filed Under: Politics & Government, Recreation & Entertainment Tagged With:

Stamp honors Amber Alert system

May 26, 2006 By

A new postage stamp rolled out Thursday honors the Amber Alert program used to broadcast missing-child reports. U.S. Postal Inspector Dave Margritz explains his federal law-enforcement agency gets involved any time crimes involve the mail, and he says since 1984 the service has arrested more than 4-thousand people for child porn and exploitation involving the mail and the Internet.

Margritz says his law-enforcement agency’s a federal one like the secret service and FBI, with jurisdiction over any crime involving the mail. They have full arrest authority and investigate cases and present them for prosecution. More people may be sending e-mail on computers than written letters these days, but Margritz says that hasn’t cut down on cases for his agency to handle.

There’s as much as ever, he says, because he says “a lot of hybrid cases” that start out as spam or an e-mail communication eventually involve sending payment or false documents through the mail.

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters
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