Weldon deposition details day of fatal shooting in Iowa case
Logan Weldon testified in a 2009 deposition that he saw Tonch Weldon with a gun Amy Gephart on the couch and his father shoot himself after a family conflict. The trial in Iowa County is ongoing with multiple witnesses including Amanda Weldon and MacKenzie Weldon.
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Gazette
Marengo
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Tonch
Amy Gephart
Logan
Gephart
Amanda Weldon
Tonch Weldon
MacKenzie
Mom
Dad
Blairstown
Iowa County
MacKenzie Weldon
Tench Weldon
Iowa County Sheriff's
Dustin Gehring
Tondh Weldon
Gehring
Weldon
Jim Slosiarek
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Michael Halverson
Jennifer Terry
Notes Written by Tonch Weldon After Shooting Read in Trial
Trish Mehaffey reported live from the Tonch Weldon murder trial as Weldon wrote to his parents after surgery. His mother Barbara Weldon interpreted the notes for Van Bennekom and showed them to the jury amid unreadable text. One note wished happiness for Mandi, another cursed her.
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Trish Mehaffey
Tonch Weldon
TheGazette.com
Barbara Weldon
van Bennekom
Hope Mandi
Mandi
Palo man wins 1 million lottery prize 700000 after taxes
Ken Booth 54 of Palo won a Mega Millions prize matching five numbers. Megaplier boosted the payout to 1 million, later taxed to 700000. He plans to retire next year and bought the ticket in Cedar Rapids before confirming the win in Des Moines.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Pureau
Palo
Ken Booth
Iowa Lottery
Booth
Iowa
Linn County
Lottery
Pes Rich
Dar Rapids
Julie
England
Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids
Luther College student dies after bitter cold exposure in Iowa
Nana Kwasi Bafour Awuah a Luther College senior from Ghana died New Year’s Day from hypothermia after being locked out of his dorm. A 911 call shows the difficulty locating him on campus. Police and responders searched 2 1/2 hours before finding his body near a baseball field. Authorities ruled death accidental with alcohol and cold exposure as factors.
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Iowa City
Ghana
Luther College
Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah
Tema
Nabby
Decorah
Iowa
Nixon
Associated Press
Balfour-Awuah
Baffour- Awuah
Winneshiek Medical Center
Baffour-Awuah
Jerry Johnson
Johnson
Auction of coin collection helps pay weapons case fines
The 64-year-old Robert Neuzil of Fort Atkinson had his large coin collection sold under an execution order by the U.S. Marshals Service to cover court fines and public defender fees after pleading guilty to three counts of possessing unregistered firearms. The sale raised over $21,000. In Davenport, former Clinton doctor Luis Barrios received one year and one day in federal prison for distributing controlled substances without a medical purpose, following his guilty plea to 18 counts.
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Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek County
Robert Neuzil
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Cedar Rapids
Neuzil
Minnesota
Davenport
Clinton
U.S. Pt Homes
Luis
Barrios
U.S. District Court
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Study Seeks Volunteer Participants
Adults with diabetes and an open foot sore are invited to join a University of Iowa Nursing study at the USHC orthopedic clinic over six months. The goal is to assess infection related complications from foot ulcers. Compensation available. Call 1-877-386-9102.
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