Articles Tagged: Iowa State Patrol

No one was injured when a small plane landed Saturday evening on Highway 218 west of Iowa City

One person is dead after an all-terrain vehicle crashed and landed in a ditch, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.

One person is dead after a crash Monday between a car and a utility task vehicle in rural Black Hawk County, according to a report from the Iowa State Patrol.

One person is dead after four vehicles collided in Johnson County over the weekend, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.

Spending time on patrol, even when there aren’t specific calls to respond to, means that officers can be available in different parts of their territoriy when something does come up. But how do officers decide where to spend their time while patrolling?

Five people died from crashes in Iowa -- including a double fatal car collision in Linn County -- during the July 4 holiday period.

Crash happened as lane was closed in Pottawattamie County.

Bills limiting cellphone use while driving by mandating hands-free technology have been introduced in the Iowa Legislature since 2019, but all attempts at passage have been unsuccessful. More than 30 other states have passed such laws. Why won't Iowa?

Kyle J. Kelchen, 39, of Manchester, died Friday afternoon when his Utility-Terrain Vehicle was struck by a pickup truck. A single-vehicle crash on Saturday northwest of Olin killed Maurice V. Hennessey, 96, of Ryan.

One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash south of Anamosa Thursday, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol

One person died and one person was seriously injured Friday in a head-on collision in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

An Anamosa boy who was hit by a car while sledding on Jan. 10 has died from his injuries, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol and an obituary.

Michael Thomas Lang said he should have been able to claim he acted in self-defense when he shot Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith in the chest with a shotgun in April 2021.

Excessive speed, distracted driving, impaired driving and not wearing seat belts are some of the motorist behaviors that pushed fatalities to 372 in 2023 so far -- up 10 percent from last year and well over five-year average.

An Alburnett man was killed Friday after his car was struck by a pickup truck near Anamosa, according to the Iowa State Patrol.