From the daily archives:

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

A jury this afternoon found a northwest Iowa man not guilty for a fatal traffic accident near Le Mars in 2007.  

Fifty-one-year-old Danny Robinson of Merill was charged with homicide by motor vehicle after a van he was driving struck a woman. Seventy-eight-year Fern Nielson of Lake Norden, South Dakota, was hit near her car just minutes after she’d used a cell phone to ask for help for a traffic accident she had. Nielson died later at a Sioux City hospital.  

The Plymouth County District court jury began deliberating Tuesday and reached a verdict of not guilty of homicide by vehicle Wednesday afternoon.

(Reporting by Joanne Glamm, KLEM Radio News, Le Mars)

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Cornell players adapt well to new coach

by Todd Kimm 11/25/09 5:13 PM

With a new coach in place the Cornell College men’s basketball team is off to a strong start. The Rams are 3-0 as they get ready for their Iowa Conference opener next week. Cornell has three starters back from last year’s team that finished 21-7 and advanced to the NCAA division three tournament.
After the season, [...]

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DOT says Thanksgiving is most dangerous travel holiday

by Pat Curtis 11/25/09 4:40 PM

The Thanksgiving weekend is the most dangerous holiday travel time in Iowa, according to records from the Iowa Department of Transportation. Last year, nine people died in traffic crashes and in 2007 there were 16 fatalities.
Scott Falb, with the D.O.T.’s Office of Driver Services, says Thanksgiving is always a four day weekend so people are [...]

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Defiance man charged in sex abuse case

by Radio Iowa Contributor 11/25/09 4:38 PM

The Shelby County sheriff and the Iowa Department of Human Services have concluded an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a child — by making an arrest. Sheriff Mark Hervey says 33-year-old Jesse Smith, of Defiance, faces charges that include lascivious acts with a child and second degree sexual abuse.
Smith was arrested Tuesday in [...]

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Census Bureau hiring thousands

by Matt Kelley 11/25/09 4:37 PM

Iowa has the nation’s best response rate for the U.S. Census Bureau and officials with that agency hope to maintain the stellar numbers. Hiring is now underway for thousands of Census workers at several locations in the state, according to Kelly Campbell, manager of the Census office in Des Moines.
“We’ll hire approximately a thousand people [...]

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Accident prompts detour on westbound Highway 30, in Ames area

by O. Kay Henderson 11/25/09 2:28 PM

A head-on collision on Highway 30 in the Ames area has prompted a shut-down of the westbound lanes.
Authorities are diverting traffic off Highway 30 at the University Street exit that takes drivers toward the Cyclone stadium. The detour winds through Ames and drivers reenter Highway 30 on the west side of Ames, at the South [...]

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More information released on fatal accident in Pottawattamie County

by Radio Iowa Contributor 11/25/09 1:23 PM

More information is being released about a fatal car-pedestrian accident that happened last night in southwest Iowa. According to Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker, the accident happened at around 9:30 P.M. on the south side of Oakland. Danker says 19-year-old Molly Hummel, of Oakland, was driving a Buick LeSabre northbound on Highway 59, when she [...]

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