Scores of people paid their respects to Trooper Ted Benda, who was killed in a Northeast Iowa crash earlier this month while responding to an emergency call, as his body was escorted Friday to a Waukon funeral home.
He was responding to a Clayton County call for service when he crashed north of Postville
An Iowa State Patrol trooper is in critical condition after crashing his patrol car north of Postville late Thursday.
The 44-year-old driver from Anamosa was traveling south in a Ford Explorer on River Road near Monticello when the vehicle entered the west ditch and rolled several times before striking a utility pole.
The Friday morning crash happened at Half Moon Avenue and Highway 6
As Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would send Iowa State Patrol troopers to the border with Mexico, the state’s top public safety leaders raised concerns whether her commitment would leave enough staff for “law enforcement obligations in Iowa” and run up a “significant cost for sending personnel out of state,” according to records obtained by The Gazette.
The captain who led 27 Iowa State Patrol troopers working border security duties for two weeks in Texas said Wednesday they accomplished their mission of disrupting criminal activity that included smuggling humans, drugs and firearms.
Democratic lawmakers question the cost, ‘use of state resources’
Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas” to fight crime along the U.S. border with Mexico, but a spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said there still is a chance Texas could later reimburse some costs.
“Officer safety” is cited for not providing details to the public -- including how many troopers are going.
Woman backs into crowd of pedestrians, Iowa State Patrol says
Iowa State Patrol troopers, who stop more than 150,000 motorists a year, provide security at the Iowa State Capitol and staff high-profile events including RAGBRAI, don’t wear body cameras. Why not?
Goal to keep below 300 in 2021 but already the traffic death toll on Iowa roads so far this year is 119.
Three family members were killed and a fourth was injured Friday afternoon in Fayette County when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a semi-truck.
An unidentified juvenile driver was struck by the moving, stolen vehicle he and another juvenile passenger had just fled during a pursuit with a Linn County deputy, west of Urbana.
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