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  On Friday, April 9, 2021, Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith #462, a 27-year-veteran of the Patrol, was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a barricaded subject in Grundy Center.  According to the Division of Criminal Investigation, on Friday, April 9, at approximately 7:22 p.m., Grundy Center Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Lang, within Grundy Center City limits. Lang fled from Grundy Center Police and he was chased to an area southeast of town. Lang pulled over on 2...

It turns out that Michael Thomas Lang, 41, the man charged with murdering an Iowa trooper, once won the 2020 Democratic primary for sheriff of Grundy County. He did not get near to winning, only netting 22.3 percent of the vote in the general election, but it's an eye-popping detail amid the death of Sgt. Jim Smith, a 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol.

Today Windy with a few showers early then partly cloudy overnight. Low 33F. Winds WNW at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.. Tonight Windy with a few showers early then partly cloudy overnight. Low 33F. Winds WNW at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph. Updated: April 10, 2021 @ 7:14 pm

Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith, who was fatally shot during an hours-long standoff Friday evening in Grundy Center, was a 27-year veteran of the patrol and was described as a well-known community volunteer. Smith joined the State Patrol after graduating from the Department of Public Safety Academy, according to a biography posted on the Iowa Law Enforcement Academys Facebook page. He was first assigned to work in Fairfield, then in 1996 was moved to Oelwein.  "Trooper Jim Smith is proud ...

Law enforcement identifies trooper killed in shooting, suspect in custody Share Updated: 7:08 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021 Law enforcement identifies trooper killed in shooting, suspect in custody Share Updated: 7:08 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MINUTES AND IOWA STATE PATROL SERGEANT HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED DURING A STANDOFF IN GRUNDY CENTER TONIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF SERGEANT JIM SMITH. AND THE SUSPECTE...

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off Trooper Jim Smith. A 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol was shot to death Friday night during an armed stand-off with a man who authorities say had assaulted a policeman earlier that evening. Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith was part of a tactical team that entered the Grundy Center home of Michael Lang at about 9 p.m. Friday. Mitch Mortvedt, Assistant Director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, deli...

Liberty County Sheriffs Office announces first Therapy K-9 in the Big Bend area and last updated 2021-04-05 19:55:27-04 LIBERTY COUNTY, Fla. (WT XL) — Liberty County Sheriff Buddy Money announced the addition of a new canine to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office on Monday and the first Law Enforcement Investigative Therapy K-9 in the Big Bend area. Anna, a 2-year-old Blue Heeler mix, will begin working with the office in March 2021, with her partner Sergeant Chad Smith. Anna and Se...

A FIRST: Shola Amoo FILMING HAS begun in Birmingham on BBC One’s adaptation of Kit de Waal’s lauded debut novel My Name is Leon, produced by Douglas Road Productions. It’s rare, in my experience, for projects such as this to be made and even more rare to be seen Malachi Kirby Shola Amoo’s first screenplay for television, it stars Malachi Kirby, Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams, Christopher Eccleston,Poppy Lee Friar and Sir Lenny Henry CBE Cole Martin will play the lead, Leon, in his first...

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