NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (KXEL) — The name of the woman killed in a fiery vehicle accident Wednesday morning has been released. 29-year-old Samantha Grant of Waterloo died in the crash on the Avenue of the Saints near Nora Springs. It happened around 12:35 a.m. when Grant lost control of her vehicle traveling east near mile marker 195 on U.S. Highway 18. The vehicle left the roadway and entered the median, then struck a bridge pillar and was quickly in flames. Grant was found dead at the scene.
WATERLOO, Iowa (KXEL) — A body found in the Cedar River Thursday evening was a 74-year-old fisherman who possibly collapsed from a medical condition and fell in the water. An official cause of death has not been determined pending results of an autopsy, according to police. People in the area of the boat docks at Exchange Park spotted the body in the river a few feet from shore about 6:45 p.m. Thursday. Crews with Waterloo Fire Rescue pulled the man from the water, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, the man had been seen fishing from the shore about 45 minutes earlier.
ANDERSON, Indiana (KCCI/KCRG) – A single-engine airplane that had originally left Fort Dodge, Iowa crashed in Anderson, Indiana around 9 o’clock Friday morning. Anderson is just to the northeast of Indianapolis. All four people on board the Piper PA-46 aircraft died. The Madison County Coroner’s Office identified the four as 68-year-old Joseph Scallon from Iowa Falls, 41-year-old Jesse Ostheimer from Alden, 36-year-old Braden Hicks from Manson, and 19-year-old James Renaud, otherwise known as Owen, from Alden. “Our hearts go out to the families of the individuals tragically killed in yesterday’s plane crash in Anderson, Indiana. … Braden was a private flight instructor based out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. While he wasn’t a city airport employee, he was a much loved member of the airport family and will be forever missed,” a statement given by officials on behalf of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport on Saturday read. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
ELDORA, Iowa (Iowa’s News Now) — An Iowa Falls man was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole for killing Desiree Folsom. Nathan Bahr was previously convicted of 1st Degree Murder. He was originally taken into custody three days after Folson was found shot dead in her apartment in the 1400 block of 17th Avenue in Eldora. Bahr was captured in Arizona and returned to Iowa. Court records show he was the ex-boyfriend of Folsom, and the father of her two children. Folsom, a 25-year-old mother at the time of her murder, was killed by Bahr one day after a judge approved a protective order against him. During his trial, Bahr admitted to killing Folsom but argued that was never his intent. Taking the stand in his own defense, he told a jury that he had an “out of body experience.”
