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Altamont teen injured in crash on I-35 near Winston

An Altamont teenager was hurt when the car he was driving was involved in an accident with a sports utility vehicle on Interstate 35 near Winston. Nineteen-year-old Stephen Youtsey was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 17-year old Morgan Anderson of Blue Springs, was […]

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Three-car crash on I-35 injures Braymer teenager

A Braymer teenager was injured and the car she was driving was demolished Tuesday evening in a three-vehicle wreck on the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 in Clinton County. Two other drivers were not injured in the accident four miles east of Lathrop. Taken by emergency medical services to the Liberty Hospital with minor injuries […]

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Boil advisory issued for portion of Mercer County

Mercer County Public Water Supply District today issued a precautionary boil advisory for the southeast part of the county. Affected are rural water customers within the boundaries, clockwise, of Highway 136 on the north; Sullivan county line on the east, Grundy county line on the south; and Highway 65 for the west side. The boil […]

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Kingston man hospitalized after crash east of Lathrop

A Kingston resident was hurt Saturday evening in a collision at the intersection of two highways east of Lathrop, Fifty-seven-year old Jeffrey Kipp was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The operator of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year old Barbara Carpenter of Cameron, was not reported hurt. The accident happened five miles east of […]

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3-vehicle crash in Clay County injures one

Two vehicles were stopped in southbound traffic in Clay County Monday morning and were struck by an oncoming car. Forty-eight-year-old Amy Metcalf of Dike, Iowa was taken by emergency medical services to the Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. Drivers of the vehicles stopped in traffic, 32-year-old Thomas Alley of Bethany and 59-year-old David Baker of […]

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Bucklin woman hurt in crash on Highway 36

A woman from Bucklin was injured when the vehicle she was a passenger in, struck a patch of ice, traveled off the north side of Highway 36 and struck a tree in Macon County one mile to the west of Callao. Seventy-five-year-old Patricia Shawn received minor injuries and was taken by an ambulance to the […]