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Dorothy “Dot” Kruggel Gerdes 102, died Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Concord Care Center, Garner, Iowa, surrounded by her family. She attended high school in Clarion and Clear Lake, graduating from Clear Lake High School in 1939.
RURAL EMMET COUNTY, IOWA – An Arizona man allegedly not afraid to shoot at police in the middle of a crime spree in Iowa and Minnesota was caught with plenty of fentanyl, sleeping in a stolen pickup truck in this desolate location.
Laura M. Truesdell, 84 of Clear Lake passed away peacefully Saturday June 17, 2023 at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center after a three week serious battle with her health. Laura Marie was born December 28, 1938 in Eagle Grove, Iowa on a farm owned by Former Iowa Gov. Robert Blue.
WEBSTER CITY – Diligent police in Webster City spotted a wanted man strolling into a house, but the suspect didn’t immediately go quietly and hid out in the basement till cops took him into custody.
WESTGATE, IOWA – A would-be burglar walked into this Iowa house that didn’t belong to him, and the homeowners’ cameras caught him in the act, sending cops to nab him a short distance away.