Crime

The Cherokee man who plead guilty to a fatal hit and run has received his sentence.

A Sibley man has been charged for stealing a car and for indecent exposure.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department believes they have the man who stole a flat-bed pickup truck and led them on a chase that ended in Pocahontas County earlier this month.

a Spencer man was found guilty of federal meth and gun charges. On August 22nd 42-year-old Oscar Navarro -Zepeda of Spencer was convicted by a jury in federal court in Sioux City. Navarro -Zepeda was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine session of a firearm by a prohibited person possession of a firearm and the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Convicted murderer Kyle Ricke was given his sentence Wednesday. Brian Wilson was in the courtroom.

Storm Lake police have charged a man for allegedly assaulting a pedestrian with a machete early Monday morning.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s department has charged a Royal man with several counts, after an incident in which he allegedly broke the windows of a car with a tire iron and threatened the occupant.

A traffic stop over the weekend led to drug charges against an O’Brien County resident.

Subject led Pocahontas County authorities on a high-speed chase and got away after fleeing into a corn field.

The Arnolds Park Police Department conducted one of their periodic bar checks looking for underaged drinking Friday night.