SHERIFF’S REPORTS more

Timothy Bostwick, 46, of Urbana, was seriously injured when his vehicle went off the roadway near Goodson. more

Faith Leeann Ryan, 31, of Flemington, was indicted by a grand jury on 10 felony charges from two November 2022 instances, one of which resulted in the death of a child. more

CIVIL ACTIONS more

At 1:46 a.m. on July 14, Trooper D.J. Jackson responded to an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle on South 117th Road, five miles north of Bolivar. more

On Saturday, July 6, at 6:03 p.m., Trooper Adams responded to a call of a drowned man at the first cove west of the Stockton Dam. more

A man from Clinton was seriously injured in a single-car accident two miles north of Humansville on Saturday, June 29. more

A normal lunch hour at Mom’s Deli Soup and Salad quickly became anything but ordinary on Wednesday, June 26, when a truck rolled through the glass doors around 1:30 p.m. more

Jeremy L. Klapp, 46, of Bolivar, is in the Polk County Jail for calling Citizens Memorial Hospital and threatening violence at the OB clinic. more

John E. Hofstetter, of Bolivar, entered a plea of guilty for a deadly hit-and-run accident that occurred on April 26, 2022. more

On Tuesday, June 11, at 12:00 a.m., Trooper D.J. Jackson and Mastersergent S.W. Long responded to a single-vehicle accident at South 21st Road, a quarter mile north of Dunnegan. James E. Godat was driving a 2002 Silverado, heading northbound, when he traveled off the left side of the road and struck a ditch. Godat, 73, from Humansville, was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was pronounced deceased on June 12 at 4:56 a.m. by Dr. Yifang Wang. His vehicle was totaled in the accident and was removed from the scene via a private party. This is Troop D’s 42 fatality for 2024. more

By the time you read this, another Father's Day will have come and gone, and I have no idea how I spent the holiday because I’m writing this in late May. more