The Ida Grove City Council met on Monday, January 3rd in the temporary City Hall at the Rec Center. Mayor Devlun Whiteing called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. In attendance were council members Gregor Ernst, Jeff Miesner, Jason Schable, Jared Bogue, and Assistant Attorney Ryan Gaskins. The board approved Resolution 2022-3, appointing Ange Johnson to the City Council At-Large position. The council discussed the train blocking intersections in excess of 10 minutes, which violates City Code. City Clerk Heather Sweeden will reach out to Landus.
An official cause of death for an Ida Grove man who died while attempting to flee from authorities has been now released as authorities try to piece together just what happened. Meanwhile, funeral details have not been posted for David Cain Downing, 47.
According to a report from Iowa State Patrol, Downing was taken by Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Services to the State Medical Examiner’s Office following his late evening crash at the Crawford Creek Recreational Area.
OABCIG’s Cooper De-Jean was named the All-American Bowl Adidas Player of the Year Jan. 2. The award, presented by the All-American Bowl Selection Committee, is given annually to the na-tion’s mot outstanding high school senor football player and is the most distinguished individual ward given in high school football.
Ida County received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vac-cine Dec. 22. Horn Memo-rial Hospital began vac-cinating its healthcare workers on Dec. 29.
An Iowa Department of Transportation truck treating the roadways was totaled and a flatbed semi was likewise put out of commission after a crash on U.S. 20.
Timothy Jay Hoy, 53, of Anthon, was taken to Horn Memorial Hospital following the crash that took place as he was applying brine solution to the highway.
The other driver, Blake Edward Greenfield, 47, of Webster City, was eastbound as was Hoy when Greenfield failed to see the orange DOT vehicle.
Soldier Care Packages: Edward Jones, Region 254 once again did the soldier box project. Here is Doug Schmidt standing in front of the 208 boxes that were sent to our brave men and women. One of the soldiers who received a package, Mayra Avila, sent an email to Doug Schmidt at Edward Jones. “My name is Mayra Avila. I am a U.S. soldier. I received one of the boxes today, and I just wanted to express my gratitude for you and everyone who makes this possible. The happiness this box brought me is inexplicable. It has everything we can need.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors met on December 28 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse. In attendance were board members Raymond Drey and Creston Schubert. Rhett Leonard was absent. County Engineer Jeff Williams presented Payment #6 from Croell, Inc. for the M31 project in the amount of $215,492.34 from the Capital Projects Fund. The board authorized the Chair to sign the claim.
A security breach with confidential materials about an investigation has raised concerns, but area officials see security protocols as up to the job in ensuring access is restricted to those who need them.
A longtime employee in the Sac County Courthouse stands accused of abusing his position to check out confidential information with that county’s sheriff’s office. The individual, Mark Von Ahn, 60, a custodian in the courthouse, had access to the sheriff’s office as the latter is housed in the courthouse.
