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Albany man injured when truck overturns on Route A

The Highway Patrol reports an Albany man sustained moderate injuries when the International truck he drove overturned five miles south of Albany on Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported 83-year-old Donald Coburn to Mosaic Medical Center in Albany. The truck traveled south on Route A before running off the right side of the road, returning to […]

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Hale woman injured after striking ditch on Route J

The Highway Patrol reports a Hale woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway on Tuesday morning and ran off the road near Hale. Emergency medical services transported 69-year-old Betty Fleener to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. The vehicle traveled west on Route J […]

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Trenton woman transported to hospital after crashing on 8th and Rural in Trenton

The Trenton Police Department reports a Jamesport woman was transported to Wright Memorial Hospital on Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle accident. Ninety-five-year-old Bettie Langford was taken to the hospital with a complaint of knee pain. Twenty-four-year-old Bianca Treadwell of Trenton said her head hurt and was to seek her own treatment. Langford drove a car […]

Grass Fires

Firefighters respond to grass fire on Route Y

The Spickard and Grundy County Rural fire protection districts responded to a grass fire on Route Y north of 80th Street on Thursday. Grundy County Rural Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports about 40 acres burned as well as part of a shed. Four brush trucks, two pumpers, and a tanker were on scene between the […]

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Braymer man killed in rollover crash on Route E

A man from Braymer was fatally injured when he was thrown out of his overturning vehicle on Thursday afternoon two miles south of Braymer. The highway patrol identified the victim as 71-year-old Russell Coldiron. Coldiron’s pickup was northbound when it failed to negotiate a curve on Route E, he overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross […]