NEOLA, IA (IRN) – Multiple cattle were loose on the interstate after a cattle truck overturned near the western Iowa town of Neola, around 12:30 p.m. Friday. According to KETV, a trucker on eastbound I-80 was trying to get onto westbound I-680, when the cattle truck rolled. The 52 cattle headed for market were suddenly free and roaming the interstate. Some of the cattle were put down due to injuries, others were spotted miles away from the crash scene.
AMES, IA (IRN) – An Ames teenager faces adult charges for his role in an attempted abduction. KASI Radio reports the incident happened just before 1:00 a.m. Friday. According to Ames Police, the suspect, Akuk Akok, 17, entered the house while the occupants were sleeping, pulled a minor child out a basement window, and struck the child in the face. A family member awakened by the commotion was able to chase down the suspect who had fled on foot.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A retired Army Brigadier General helped pull a man away from a fiery crash on Interstate 80 Friday morning in Iowa City. KCRG TV reports General Bob Felderman was traveling to the VA Hospital when a semi drifted off the road and crashed into the Dubuque Street overpass shortly after 8 AM. The Iowa State Patrol said there were two victims involved in the crash, both in the semi. Gary Griffey from Indiana, 39, was killed, and Shawn Freeman, 24, was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where his condition is unknown.
BELLE PLAINE, IA (IRN) A train derailed overnight along the Union Pacific Railway in Belle Plaine. KWWL reports that according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, six to nine cars derailed around midnight. It’s unknown what the train was carrying, but there are no reports of spills. Authorities say no injuries were reported, and the cause of the derailment is unknown.
WINTERSET, IA (IRN) – The new John Wayne Museum in Winterset is opening today. Across from his boyhood home, the $2.5 million, 6,100 square foot facility honors the actor who spent the first three years of his life in Winterset. Born Marion Robert Morrison in 1907, Wayne became a box office star with the release of the John Ford classic 1939 western “Stagecoach.”