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UPDATE: Bedford man arrested for Murder in Taylor County
CLEARFIELD, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports that at around 3:19 a.m. on July 4, 2024, the Taylor County 911 Communication Center began to receive several calls for a shooting that occurred on Broadway Street in Clearfield, Iowa. When deputies arrived, they found one male deceased from a gunshot wound. The victim has been identified as Colby Nelson, 19, of Lenox, Iowa. A forensic autopsy will be performed by the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny, Iowa.
Fatal shooting in Taylor County
(Bedford, Iowa) – The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports shortly after 3-a.m. today (Thursday, July 4, 2024), Taylor County dispatch received a report of a shooting on Broadway in Clearfield (Iowa). Authorities discovered a deceased male victim. One person of interest was taken into custody. The Iowa DCI...
DCI releases name of SW Iowa bank robbery suspect
LENOX, Iowa — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations on Wednesday released the name of a southwest Iowa bank robbery suspect who died by suicide earlier this week. At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a robbery at the Iowa State Savings Bank in Lenox. According […]
Lenox Bank Robbery
(Lenox) The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to a bank robbery in Lenox on Monday afternoon. The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office says the call went out at approximately 1:30 p.m. at the Iowa State Savings Bank in Lenox, Iowa. The reporting party indicated a man entered the bank demanding money and then fled the scene on a motorcycle. Law enforcement pursued the man into Adams County, crashed in a farm field, and fled on foot.
Area sheriff's deputies, state patrol help in Lenox bank robbery search
LENOX — Several area sheriff’s deputies and state troopers helped in a search for an individual following a bank robbery in Lenox on Monday, which ended with deputies finding an individual with a fatal self-infected wound. According to a post on the Taylor County Iowa Law Enforcement Center’s...
DCI Assists Taylor County with Bank Robbery that ends w/suspect’s death
(UPDATED by Radio Iowa) – Authorities say the suspect in a southwest Iowa bank robbery died by suicide in a farm field. According to an Iowa Department of Public Safety news release, a man walked into the Iowa State Savings Bank in Lenox at about 1:30 Monday afternoon and demanded money. He left on a motorcycle, was chased into the neighboring county, crashed into a farm field and started running. Officers from four county sheriff’s departments and the Iowa State Patrol surrounded the field.
Severe thunderstorm warning for Cass, Adams, Taylor, Adair Cos. until 9 p.m.
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Cass County in southwestern Iowa... Adams County in southwestern Iowa... Taylor County in southwestern Iowa... Southwestern Adair County in southwestern Iowa... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 817 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were...
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