Articles Tagged: Iowa State Patrol

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

Michael Lang, 42, is scheduled to stand trial May 9.

The Iowa State Patrol has identified 60-year-old Annie Zleh, of Muscatine, as the victim killed in a crash Sunday in Johnson County.

A 2006 Toyota Prius traveling eastbound in the right lane of Interstate 80 was struck from behind by a 2022 International semi, which was in the same lane, according to a crash report by the Iowa State Patrol.

The fiscal 2023 budget proposed by House Republicans represents a less than a 1 percent increase from the current $8.1 billion budget. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Senate Republicans have proposed spending just more than $8.2 billion, a 3.5 percent increase.