Thursday, February 25, 2016

BLOOMFIELD, IA (IRN) – A Bloomfield woman was killed Tuesday in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 2. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Toyota van driven by 34-year-old Kristine Kaelin of Ottumwa was stopped on the highway trying to make a left hand turn. A Dodge van driven by 63-year-old Marilyn Roberts of Missouri, was also eastbound, and failed to notice that Kaelin’s vehicle was stopped and swerved into the westbound lane, hitting a Chevy pickup truck head-on. 79-year-old Carolyn Lawson of Bloomfield was killed in the crash.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Iowa led the nation in grain bin entrapments in 2015, although overall totals declined from the previous year. KCRG-TV reports Iowa saw seven such incidents last year, a little less than one-third of the 24 grain bin entrapments reported across the country. Of the two dozen entrapments nationwide, 14 were fatal, including one in December in Benton County that killed a Keystone man.

FORT MADISON, IA (IRN) – A southeast Iowa man is behind bars facing one burglary charge but more are likely to follow. KHQA-TV reports Paul Baker of Fort Madison has been arrested for one count of Burglary in Lee County. Investigators seized hundreds of stolen items from Baker’s home, mostly jewelry and electronics. Authorities say Baker could be facing multiple charges in Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police arrested a man Wednesday evening in the November shooting death of his wife and daughter. KCCI-TV reports 47-year-old Barney Fraaken of Des Moines was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Police identified the victims as 42-year-old Amy Fraaken and 16-year-old Amber Fraaken, both of Des Moines.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man was shot and killed in Cedar Rapids Tuesday night marking the first shooting homicide in the city this year. KWWL-TV reports 25-year-old Joseph Perkins Jr. of Chicago died and another man was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. Authorities say the shooting wasn’t random.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A driver died when his vehicle crashed after an object went through his windshield, according WQAD-TV. The crash happened Wednesday on eastbound Interstate 80 in Davenport. Road debris, which investigators did not yet identify, went through the windshield of the vehicle. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. A female front-seat passenger was taken by ambulance to a local hospital; her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

FAYETTEVILLE, AK (IRN) – Former Iowa State University head football coach Paul Rhoads has been hired as a secondary coach at the University of Arkansas. The 48-year-old Rhoads will be the defensive backs coach. Rhoads was fired from ISU in November.