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Iowa man found during blizzard died of hypothermia
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Dec. 10, 2009 10:18 am
Authorities say a man found on the ground next to his pickup truck in the central Iowa town of Yale during this week's blizzard died of hypothermia and underlying medical conditions.
The Guthrie County sheriff's office says the man, who was in his late 60s and from Bagley, was found at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday in an alley near the post office in Yale.
Sheriff spokeswoman Krysty Melton says Thursday that the postmaster found the man, and it appears he had been on the ground for about two hours.
Melton says the man was apparently in town for morning coffee at the town's restaurant. His name has not been released.
-- Associated Press
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