LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Wednesday at approximately 3:36 pm, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Palisades State Park for a person who went into the water and began to struggle. Few details have been released but witnesses tell KCRG-TV9 that the park has been closed and there is a heavy presence of first responders. Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner says the potential victim in question is a juvenile female and that search efforts are ongoing.
WALNUT, Iowa (AP) — One person was killed when a truck hauling grain collided with a freight train in western Iowa. The truck and Iowa Interstate Railroad train collided at a crossing south of Walnut at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says the train dragged the truck and trailer up to 150 yards. The truck was on fire when first-responders arrived. The sheriff’s office said one person was killed. The crash caused at least two rail cars to derail. The rail crossing has signals, which appeared to be working when the crash occurred. The truck was hauling a grain product used in the production of ethanol.
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — An explosion destroyed two houses in the northwest Iowa city of Le Mars and injured three people. The explosion Wednesday morning demolished two adjacent houses and damaged a third house. Le Mars Fire-Rescue Chief Dave Schipper told the Sioux City Journal that the three people who were injured were inside or around one of the homes. Two of them were taken to a Le Mars hospital and one was taken to a Sioux City hospital and later transferred to a burn center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Schipper called it “very fortunate” that no one died in the explosion, which he thinks was caused by a gas leak.
WASHINGTON, Iowa (KCRG) – On July 9th, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding 40-year-old Matthew Meisheid shooting off fireworks. Two deputies responded to the call and warned Meisheid about Kalona’s ordinance on fireworks. Meisheid reportedly removed a handgun and raised it in the air, causing alarm to both deputies. Meisheid was charged with two counts of Assault of Persons in Certain Occupations by Using or Displaying a Firearm.
