DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday that they had successfully met their goal of visiting each of Iowa’s 99 counties this calendar year. Branstad said he finished his statewide tour Tuesday night in Emmet County, while Reynolds completed the 99-county circuit Wednesday morning with a stop in [...]
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ALLISON — The trial of a 39-year-old Greene man accused of fatally stabbing his wife has been rescheduled to April 10 in Butler County District Court. Thomas Petersen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Judy Petersen, 36, on June 4. According to a criminal complaint, Judy Petersen’s 17-year-old son had seen [...]
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ALLISON- A Butler County man accused of murdering his wife and kidnapping his son last June made a first Iowa court appearance Friday morning. Thomas Petersen, 39, of Greene, returned to Iowa from South Dakota custody on Thursday. He was arrested June 5 after fleeing to South Dakota with his 2-year-old son Jacob. Petersen was [...]
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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 [...]
continue »(AP) — A jury deliberating the fate of a man accused of gunning down his former high school football coach has failed to reach a verdict for the fourth consecutive day. The jury had deliberated for 24 hours before it was sent home late Monday afternoon in the first-degree murder trial of 24-year-old Mark Becker. [...]
continue »Jury selection in the Mark Becker trial may wrap up tonight. Second Judicial District Judge Stephen Carroll just announced that there will be a few more people individually questioned and then the attorneys would selection a jury. He said they wouldn’t go too late but thought the rest of the jury pool might prefer to [...]
continue »A Butler County family is without a home this morning after a fire Sunday night. The fire destroyed the home at 714 Third St. in Dumont, about 45 miles northwest of Waterloo. Firefighters were first called to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say they don’t know what caused the fire, but that [...]
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