A woman was shot and hurt in an apparent drive-by shooting Monday night in Iowa City. Police there say it happened before 11 p.m. in the 700 block of Michael Street. The victim reported getting hit by gunfire as she sat in a vehicle in a nearby parking lot. The woman was transported to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with non-life threatening injuries. Police say no arrests have been made and say they do not believe it was a random event. Anyone with information is asked to call Iowa City police.
Two people were hurt in a Tuesday morning collision in northern Black Hawk County. At around 11:15 a.m., the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office was sent to a report of a collision between two vehicles at the intersection of Cedar-Wapsi Road and U.S. Highway 63 near the town of Denver. An 84-year-old man and a juvenile female were both taken to Unity Point-Allen Hospital as a result of the accident with non-life-threatening injuries.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Linn, Monroe, and Wapello counties in response to severe weather beginning last Thursday. The governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program for qualifying residents, along with the Disaster Case Management Program, for those three counties.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has released the identity of a body found in Lake Ahquabi Sunday morning. The DNR says the body of 33-year-old Joshua Sweeden of Indianola was pulled from the lake approximately 20 yards from shore in the swimming area. The State Medical Examiner performed an autopsy Monday. The official cause of death has not yet been determined, but officials say foul play is not suspected.
The Waterloo Police Department will be expanding its ‘Automated Traffic Enforcement Program’. The program was created in 2017 and includes 13 cameras covering six intersections, as well as two mobile systems. The decision to install additional cameras comes following the completion of construction projects, as well as traffic studies and increased numbers of pedestrians and cyclists on the roads. The current locations are: Highway 63 and Ridgeway Avenue, San Marnan and Shoppers Blvd., Parker and Broadway, Washington and W. 6th, Washington and 11th, and Williston and Baltimore. Cameras will be expanded to the following areas: Ansborough and Ridgeway Avenue, San Marnan and LaPorte Road, Franklin and E. 5th Street (Southbound), Franklin and E. 6th Street (Northbound), Mitchell and Washington St., and Highway 218 and Broadway (both North and Southbound traffic). Motorists will receive warnings for the first 30 days. After that, traffic citations will automatically be issued to violators.
A Nebraska man is now charged with homicide by vehicle after a woman was struck and killed at Mills Fleet Farm in Mason City. Police say 35-year-old Christopher Rathfon of Omaha was driving the pickup truck that hit 62-year-old Dawn Merrick of Mason City on June 8 as she was leaving the store. Merrick died at a hospital two days later. Rathfon was initially charged with OWI but that has been dismissed to allow for his vehicular homicide prosecution. Court documents state a breath test at the scene found Rathfon had a blood alcohol content of .255, more than three times the legal limit.
