Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
• Traffic
Khader Mohamed Abdinour, Columbus, Ohio, Failure to Yield to Emergency Vehicle.
Nora Lee Caraveo, Estherville, Defective Muffler System.
Joe Edward Ripka, Hartley, Registration Violation.
Andrea Lynne Lundberg, LeMars, Speeding.
Heather Salzkorn, Hartley, Speeding.
Lloyd Kendall Sprague, Jr., Manter, Kan., Use of Electronic Device.
Justin Tyler Bryan, Arvada, Colo., Speeding.
Joshua Anthony Armfield, Remsen, Speeding.
Juan Antonio Martin Guevara, Marshalltown, Speeding.
Jeffrey Wade Hamlin, Springfield, Minn., Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device.
Edgar Gregorio Herrera, Gaylord, Minn., Hours of Service Violation.
Jeremy Ladean Stueven, George, Speeding.
Emilio Delfino Morales Calona, Santa Maria, Calif., Speeding.
Jason Perry Doeden, Sheldon, Speeding.
Blake Martin Meneely, Sheldon, Use of Electronic Device.
James E. Chatwell, Sibley, Speeding.
Braden Michael Van Heuvelen, Sheldon, Dark Windows.
Ana K. Woelber Ramirez, Sanborn, Registration Violation.
Linda Gail Diekevers, Sanborn, Speeding.
Teresa Ann Lee, Sanborn, Speeding.
Pieter Knibbe, Hospers, Seatbelt Violation.
James Henry Brake, Grey Eagle, Minn., Hours of Service Violation.
Lance Joseph Berends, Hartley, Speeding.
Dustin Lee Moser, Sanborn, Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device.
Matthew Leonard McNea, Spencer, Speeding.
Jacoba May Knight, Milford, Speeding.
Ricky Lee Van Roekel, Alton, Speeding.
Dana Gene Honsbruch, Aurelia, Ginseng Regulations Violation, 3 counts.
Darren Honsbruch, Cherokee, Ginseng Regulations Violation, 2 counts.
Dale Alfred Honsbruch, Aurelia, Ginseng Regulations Violation, 3 counts.
Edwin W. Seger, Page, Neb., Seatbelt Violation.
• OWI
Romeo Israel Morales Ramos, Hartley.
Ronald Shuck, Sheldon.
Beau Michael Roberts, Archer.
Tong Vahn Kham Joi, Sheldon.
Kyle Andrew Deutscher, Sutherland.
• Non-traffic
Carl Jay Thompson, Larrabee, Aggravated Crime.
Charles Wayne McKee, Archer, Felony.
Benjamin Christian Metcalfe, Hartley, Serious Crime.
Amber Dawn Berger, Sheldon, Serious Crime.
Luke Christian Dagel, Paullina, Serious Crime.
Benton Thomas Jackson, Sloan, Serious Crime.
• Probate
Shirley A. Miller, Deceased.
• Births
Ezra Aspen Clubs, 10/31/21.
William Joseph Reuter, V, 11/3/21.
Hannah Yazmine Visoso Aragon, 11/11/21.
Avery Elizabeth Pettit, 11/15/21.
Faye Carolyn O’Connell, 12/2/21.
• Sentenced for illegal possession of firearms
A Hartley man was sentenced for illegal possession of firearms on Dec. 8 in Sioux City.
Jeremy Walters, 40, was sentenced before United Stated District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to one year and one day imprisonment. He pled guilty on July 15 to being a prohibited person in possession of firearms. He must also serve a two-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.
Walters was released to self-report to a federal prison once designated.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, Walters was previously convicted on Aug. 23, 2004 in the Iowa District Court for Clay County of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Walters also admitted to being an unlawful user of methamphetamine which prohibited him from possessing guns and admitted to possession of five ounces of marijuana along with firearms.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde. It was investigated by law enforcement agencies in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, and the Iowa National Guard.
• Fire destroys crib, wagons
The Hartley Fire Department was called at 1:10 p.m. on Dec. 3 to a fire at an unoccupied acreage approximately four miles west of Hartley. A crib was fully engulfed when firemen arrived. The crib was allowed to burn, but firemen saved a nearby shed and extinguished soybean stubble that was on fire.
According to the report, the fire appeared to have started by sparks from a burn pile. The crib, wagons and other contents were destroyed. The Sanborn Fire Department assisted at the scene.
• Loses control of vehicle
The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office reported that Tabatha May Cole, 17, of Hartley, was eastbound on 310th Street at 1:25 p.m. on Dec. 8 when she lost control of her vehicle and over-corrected. The 2003 GMC Yukon spun around, entered the north ditch and overturned, coming to rest on its wheels.
Cole was transported by Hartley Ambulance to Sanford Sheldon Hospital for treatment of minor/non-incapacitating injuries. Damage to the Yukon was estimated at $5,000. Cole was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.
• Winter conditions lead to accident
Logan Allen Berger, 20, of Spencer, was driving northbound on White Avenue at 1:14 p.m. on Dec. 12 when his vehicle crossed over a portion of the roadway, which was covered in snow, ice and slush. Berger reported to the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office that he felt the back end of his 2003 Hyundai lose traction. He attempted to correct the vehicle but it spun 360 degrees and left the roadway and entered the east ditch.
Berger reported complaint of pain/injury but was not transported. Damage to the Hyundai was listed at $10,000.
• Deer struck in roadway
James Dean Agnitsch, 70, of Cherokee, was driving south in the 4700 mile of Redwing Avenue at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12 when his 2018 GMC Terrain struck a deer that entered the roadway.
According to the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office, damage to the GMC was estimated at $1,800.
