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CRIME & SAFETY
Saturday golf tournament will benefit slain Algona officer’s family
(Radio Iowa) – The family of slain Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram will be the beneficiaries of an annual charity golf tournament in Webster City this weekend. More than 140 golfers have signed up for the Saturday tourney at Briggs Woods Golf Course. Officer Cram was shot and killed last fall while serving a warrant, and the man who shot him was convicted of first-degree murder last week.
Fort Dodge man sentenced to prison for deadly shooting
FORT DODGE, Iowa — A Fort Dodge man has received his sentence for his role in a deadly shooting. Davonquae Jyshon "D.J." Pettigrew, 18, was sentenced Friday in Webster County to 20 years in prison. Pettigrew pleaded guilty in May to voluntary manslaughter and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
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