Sunday, September 20, 2015

EDGEWOOD, IA (IRN) – A man from the northeastern Iowa town of Garber has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and operating while intoxicated. KWWL-TV reports Kyle Sear, 21, was sentenced for his role in a March 29 crash that killed Zachary Lee, 22, of Elkport. Sear was northbound on Glacier Road when he lost control of his vehicle and drove into a ditch. Lee, his passenger, was partially ejected and died of his injuries.

RAYMOND, IA (IRN) – Authorities have released the names of a motorcyclist and a car driver who were killed in a collision in Black Hawk County. KGAN-TV reports a car crossed the centerline and collided with the motorcycle between Jesup and Raymond. The motorcycle driver was identified as 60-year-old Dale Weber, of Jesup. The car driver was identified as 62-year-old Bill Price, of Waterloo.

TAMA, IA (IRN) – The new beef processing facility in Tama has changed its name from Iowa Premium Beef to Iowa Premium. The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the company’s direction, ownership, and executive leadership team have not changed during this transition. The plant employs about 600.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – Want to have chickens in your backyard? A Muscatine woman does. KWWL-TV reports Alyce Spoto has gathered hundreds of signatures in a petition effort to get an ordinance allowing city residents to keep chickens in their backyards. Spoto began the effort after tiring of traveling outside of town to tend her own chickens and gather eggs. Many other cities in Iowa allow backyard chickens.