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By Wendy Wilde Sergeant Jim Smith, Photo by Iowa State Patrol Grundy Center, IA — an Iowa State Patrol Trooper was shot and killed during an hours-long standoff in Northeastern Iowa. Below is a press release from State Patrol Public Information Officer Sergeant Alex Dinkla released Saturday afternoon. 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 County.  On Friday, April 9th, at approximately 7:22 p.m., Grundy Center Police attempted to conduct a traf...

Black Hawk County Getting New Emergency Management Coordinator Black Hawk County has completed its search for a new emergency management coordinator. Mindy Benson will be taking has been named to replace Lorie Glover, who's retiring after 10 years. Benson will begin her duties as Black Hawk County's emergency management coordinator on March 22. Bensen has served as Tama County's Emergency Management Coordinator for the past seven years. She has been involved in communications, preparedness, providing resources to local first responders, and has assisted in providing training requests from loc...