By The Gazette Editorial Board —– After the bodies of two Evansdale girls missing since July were found last week, a lot of people were asking, understandably: Couldn’t we collectively have done better? Wasn’t there some way the abductor or abductors of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook could have been apprehended well before the [...]
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The man suspected of killing his wife and fleeing to South Dakota earlier this month told investigators he “lost it and blacked out” during an argument in their Greene home. Thomas J. Petersen, 39, of Greene, now faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the June 4 stabbing death of his wife, Judy [...]
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Iowa will test its AMBER alert system following a hacker attack that shut down a computer server that hosts the site. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says the system will be tested at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. Officials say the test will not include the use of the Emergency Alert System. The site, which also [...]
continue »Authorities say a computer server that hosts Iowa’s AMBER alert system is back online following a hacker attack that shut down the site nearly two weeks ago. The Iowa Department of Public Safety on Wednesday says the site, which also hosts the Iowa State Patrol’s crash report website, has been repaired. The incident happened on [...]
continue »The two children who were the subject of an Amber Alert from Illinois have been found in Des Moines, along with the suspect in their abduction and the van with Iowa plates that they were riding in, officials said today. Authorities issued the Amber Alert late Monday after the two children were taken from their [...]
continue »A Council Bluffs girl who had gone missing last week and was the subject of an Amber Alert was found Sunday in Illinois. Pottawattamie County investigators said Janakaye Lee was taken into custody Sunday at a motel in Sparta, Ill. She was with Steven Hecker, investigators said. Hecker, 19, is wanted on several sex abuse [...]
continue »UPDATE: An Amber Alert issued for the state of Iowa was canceled Monday night. According to the state’s Amber Alert Web site, the alert was issued from Council Bluffs. Here’s the alert: http://www.iowaamberalert.org/app.php?pgname=alertdetails&id=6
continue »The Iowa Department of Public Safety issued a warning today about a series of false AMBER Alert messages making their way through the Web the past few days. Here’s the press release from the Iowa DPS: This week, a series of emails and text messages have circulated, claiming an AMBER Alert has been activated. You [...]
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