by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2021 | Crime & Courts, Human Interest, News
The family of fallen Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith released a statement of gratitude today. Here is that statement: “The family of Sergeant Jim Smith would like to thank the Independence community, our church families, citizens from across America, Iowa...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 26, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Department of Public Safety says four officers who fired on the man accused of killing a State Trooper on April 9th have been cleared by the Iowa Attorney General’s office. DPS says a Hardin County Sheriff’s Department deputy fired and missed...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 10, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News, Top Story
A 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol was shot to death Friday night during an armed stand-off with a man who authorities say had assaulted a policeman earlier that evening. Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith was part of a tactical team that entered the Grundy...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 16, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News
The state’s new Traffic Fatality Task Force will launch the first of four special traffic enforcement efforts Wednesday for St. Patrick’s Day. State Patrol Spokesman Alex Dinkla says they bring all agencies together to work on the issue. “As a...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 14, 2020 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Car-deer collisions are climbing in Iowa as combines are running full tilt, scaring animals out of the fields and into the roadways. A recent report ranked Iowa the seventh worst state in the U.S. for such crashes, with a one-in-58 chance of colliding with an animal....