Articles Tagged: Iowa State Patrol

The trucker was completing a U-turn at 280th Street, blocking the southbound lane of Highway 1, according to the crash report.

One person is dead after a crash between a semi-truck and a tractor in Poweshiek County Monday evening.

A former state trooper charged with using unreasonable force against a Davenport motorcyclist in 2017 will be retried Oct. 11 in federal court. His trial last week was declared a mistrial when jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.

A former state trooper testified Wednesday that his use of force — drawing a gun and using a open palm strike — on a Davenport man in 2017 was reasonable because he had safety concerns after a high speed chase. A video of the stop showed to the jury showed the man was compliant after stopping, but the ex-trooper had a different perception of the incident.

Gregory Harter, 71, a passenger in the driver's education vehicle, died at the scene. Three others were injured, including two 14-year-olds, one of whom was the driver.

As of Thursday, Iowa was up seven traffic fatalities so far this year compared with the same period last year. There have been 159 fatalities in so far in 2022 -- 11 of them in the first week of July, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is dead after the car he was driving crash through the front window of a local home Saturday morning.

At a sentencing hearing for Michael Thomas Lang, 42, who a jury over a month ago convicted of first-degree murder, was handed a term of life in prison without parole for killing Smith during an April 2021 standoff at Lang’s Grundy Center home.

A Grundy Center man convicted last month for killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith is asking the court for a new trial based on lack of evidence to prove first-degree murder and two other charges. A jury found him guilty of murder and other charges after two hours of deliberation last month.

Already this year, there have been 110 fatalities on Iowa roads, which is 15 more than a year ago at this time and 29 more than in 2020, according to Iowa Department of Transportation data. Based on the current number, an Iowa State Patrol spokesman said Iowa is on track to see 360 fatalities this year.

A Hamilton County jury on Monday afternoon found a Grundy Center man guilty of first-degree murder for killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith during a standoff at his home in 2021.

Testimony ended Thursday in the trial of the Grundy Center man accused of shooting and killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith in 2021, with the defense not calling any of its own witnesses.

Officers who were with Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith testified Wednesday about trying to save his life after he was shot during a standoff in a Grundy Center home in April 2021.

The last moments of Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith’s life were captured on video.

Trooper Ted Benda and Sgt. Jim K. Smith were honored during the annual Peace Officer Memorial service