AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A BOBCAT LOADER HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A RURAL ANTHON IOWA MAN.

THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS 48 YEAR OLD DONALD GRAVES WAS KILLED SATURDAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UPRIGHT THE LOADER WHICH HAD ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE.

TWO VEHICLES WERE BEING USED TO PULL UP THE BOBCAT WITH TOW CHAINS AND STRAPS WHEN THE LOADER SPUN AROUND AND ITS FRONT ATTACHMENT STRUCK GRAVES AND LANDED ON HIM, CLAIMING HIS LIFE.

(ON DECEMBER 20TH, THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF ISSUED A CORRECTION, IDENTIFYING THE VICTIM AS DAVID GRAVES).

A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN RURAL WOODBURY COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING SENT TWO MEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

AUTHORITIES SAY 21 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HAYWORTH OF CORRECTIONVILLE LOST CONTROL OF HIS BLAZER IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF OSCEOLA AVENUE AROUND 2:40AM.

COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HAYWORTH HIT A TREE AND THEN ROLLED HIS VEHICLE. HE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

A PASSENGER, 20 YEAR OLD AUSTIN HAWKINS, WAS TRANSPORTED TO MERCY BY AMBULANCE WITH MINOR INJURIES.

THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 17 YEAR OLD KINGSLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED 14 YEAR OLD BILLY NOLL WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND WILLFUL INJURY IN THE DEATH OF KYLE BADGEROW.

NOLL IS THE STEPBROTHER OF BADGEROW, WHO WAS SHOT IN HIS HOME ON DECEMBER 9TH.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE VAN OTTERLOO SAYS BADGEROW DIED FROM A SINGLE SHOT TO THE CHEST FROM A .45 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL.

HE SAYS A WEEK OF INTERVIEWS AND INVESTIGATION LED TO THE CHARGES:

VAN OTTERLOO SAYS THERE WERE TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE CERTAIN NOLL ACTED ALONE.

THE SHERIFF SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT AND THE NAMES OF THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOME ARE NOT BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME.

NOLL WAS ARRESTED AT HIS FATHER'S HOME IN ROYAL THURSDAY EVENING. HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN CHEROKEE.

FORMER IOWA CONGRESSMAN FRED GRANDY WAS ONE OF THOSE ATTENDING LAST NIGHT'S GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SIOUX CITY.

GRANDY ENDORSED NEWT GINGRICH'S CAMAPIGN EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

THE SIOUX CITY NATIVE SAYS HE THOUGHT THE FIRST PART OF THE DEBATE HAD EVERYONE TARGETING THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:

GRANDY, WHO SERVED WITH GINGRICH IN THE U.S. HOUSE, SAYS HE BELIEVES THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THAT'S WHY HE IS SUPPORTING HIM.