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MAY 10, 12PM RK (GRANT COUNTY FATAL, DUBUQUE MAN)
A NORTHEAST IOWA MAN HAS DIED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE NOON WEDNESDAY, ON HIWAY 151, SOUTH OF DICKEYVILLE. A MOTORCYCLE DRIVEN BY 60 YEAR OLD THOMAS JACKSON OF DUBUQUE, WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA. ACCORDING TO THE GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF, JACKSON WAS DRIVING THE CYCLE ON A CLOSED PORTION OF THE ROAD, TO PASS SEVERAL CARS. HIS MOTORCYCLE OVERTURNED WHEN IT HIT AN AREA WHERE A LARGE SECTION OF CONCRETE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ROAD. JACKSON, WHO WAS WEARING A HELMET, SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT HEAD INJURIES. HE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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MAY 10, 12PM RK (PEACOCK CAUSES ACCIDENT)
THE FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF IS INVESTIGATING A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A PEACOCK. IT HAPPENED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON HIWAY 18. 57 YEAR OLD GLORIA BECKER OF HAWKEYE WAS DRIVING WEST IN HER MINIVAN, WHEN SHE SLOWED DOWN TO AVOID STRIKING A PEACOCK THAT WAS IN THE ROAD. 32 YEAR OLD JOHN MACINNIS OF WEST UNION WAS DRIVING BEHIND HER, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH BECKER'S VAN. NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND DAMAGES WERE ESTIMATED AT $2,500.
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CHARLES CITY, IOWA (AP) - THE FLOYD COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A MASON CITY TEENAGER AT A HOUSE NEAR RUDD WAS AN ACCIDENT AND NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD HUNTER TRUE WAS SHOT ON APRIL 22ND.
COUNTY ATTORNEY NORMAND KLEMESRUD SAYS TRUE AND ANOTHER TEEN, NICKLAUS LALA, BOTH OF MASON CITY, WERE AT THE HOUSE. LALA WAS HANDLING A .22-CALIBER RIFLE THAT DISCHARGED, HITTING TRUE IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN. LALA THEN CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE. TRUE WAS FLOWN TO AT A MASON CITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED FROM THE WOUND.
AN INVESTIGATION BY THE FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFF AND IOWA DCI, SHOWS THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL; AFTER AN EVALUATION BY THE FLOYD COUNTY ATTORNEY, NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD HUNTER TRUE WAS SHOT ON APRIL 22ND.
COUNTY ATTORNEY NORMAND KLEMESRUD SAYS TRUE AND ANOTHER TEEN, NICKLAUS LALA, BOTH OF MASON CITY, WERE AT THE HOUSE. LALA WAS HANDLING A .22-CALIBER RIFLE THAT DISCHARGED, HITTING TRUE IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN. LALA THEN CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE. TRUE WAS FLOWN TO AT A MASON CITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED FROM THE WOUND.
AN INVESTIGATION BY THE FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFF AND IOWA DCI, SHOWS THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL; AFTER AN EVALUATION BY THE FLOYD COUNTY ATTORNEY, NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A California man is charged with killing an Iowa couple more than 30 years ago.
Police say 66-year-old Jack Pursel, of South Gate, California is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Robert and Goldie Huntbach of Waterloo on January 12th, 1981.
Captain Tim Pillack says Pursel showed up at the police department on Tuesday and confessed, saying he planned to rob and kill the couple.
Pillack says Pursel apparently traveled to Iowa from California to "come in and talk."
Pillack also says police investigated leads in the case, but no arrests were made until now.
Pursel is being held in the Black Hawk County jail on $500,000 bond.
Police say 66-year-old Jack Pursel, of South Gate, California is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Robert and Goldie Huntbach of Waterloo on January 12th, 1981.
Captain Tim Pillack says Pursel showed up at the police department on Tuesday and confessed, saying he planned to rob and kill the couple.
Pillack says Pursel apparently traveled to Iowa from California to "come in and talk."
Pillack also says police investigated leads in the case, but no arrests were made until now.
Pursel is being held in the Black Hawk County jail on $500,000 bond.
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