ROCKFORD – A 33-year-old resident of Greene was killed while snowmobiling Saturday afternoon. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Jamie Fox was operating a snowmobile on a trail one mile south of Rockford. She reportedly fell off after losing control and was struck by a snowmobile operated by...
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Snowmobile Accident Spurs Safety Awareness
ROCKFORD, IA- A North Iowa women dies at the scene, after being run over by a snowmobile. Saturday afternoon, just south of Rockford and a little more than a mile up this tree line marks the spot of this accident. Jamie Fox of Greene was driving a snowmobile when she lost control...
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Snowmobile accident victim ID’d
The Iowa State Patrol released the name Monday of a 32-year-old Eldridge man who was airlifted to University Hospitals in Iowa City after being ejected from his snowmobile....
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Man injured in Clay County snowmobile crash
SPENCER, Iowa — A Prairie City, Iowa, man was taken to the hospital with injuries Saturday after being thrown from his snowmobile in Clay County. The accident happened at 2:02 p.m. Saturday in the 3000 block of Highway 71 near Spencer. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement released today...
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Iowa teen dies in snowmobile accident
HUMBOLDT, Iowa – Authorities say a northern Iowa teenager has died after his snowmobile hit a cable in Humboldt. Officials say 17-year-old Tanner Ruberg, of Hardy, was riding snowmobiles with friends Wednesday evening when he hit the cable and was knocked off his snowmobile. Police say Ruberg was possibly trying...
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Search called off for missing snowmobiler
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police and family members say they are calling off the search for Martin Davis, a Cedar Rapids-area snowmobiler who has been missing for nearly a week. The missing man’s brother said Friday that the 52-year-old Davis disappeared Sunday, and the family didn’t want anyone to...
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Snowmobiles legal within city limits? (Dubuque, IA)
Question: Is it legal to drive snowmobiles within the city limits? We live close to the Northwest Arterial and once the snow falls we hear snowmobiles traveling along the road every night. Answer: The current Dubuque City Code does not specifically address snowmobile use in the city. It does, however,...
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Search For Missing Snowmobiler Focuses Closer to Home
The search for a Cedar Rapids man, missing since going for a snowmobile ride on Sunday, entered a second full day this morning. Martin Davis, 52, had told his girlfriend he would ride towards North Liberty from his home on Club Road. That rural residence is located about halfway between...
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Snowmobilers asked to search for missing man
BRITT — The Britt Police Department is asking snowmobilers in Iowa and Minnesota to be on the lookout for a missing Britt man. Authorities are searching for Jon. D. Weiland, 43, of Britt, who has been missing since Saturday, Dec. 19. He was last seen around 10 p.m. in Walters,...
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Deputies need information about serious snowmobile accident
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) – The Dickinson County, Iowa, sheriff needs your help following a snowmobile accident, last week. Investigators say on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th, a woman was involved in a snowmobile accident somewhere on Highway 9 East of Spirit Lake. A “third party” drove her to a local...
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