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Greene woman killed in Saturday snowmobile accident

ROCKFORD – A 33-year-old resident of Greene was killed while snowmobiling Saturday afternoon.

According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Jamie Fox was operating a snowmobile on a trail one mile south of Rockford. She reportedly fell off after losing control and was struck by a snowmobile operated by Michelle Ruzicka, 34, of Marble Rock.

The [...]

Snowmobile Accident Spurs Safety Awareness

ROCKFORD, IA- A North Iowa women dies at the scene, after being run over by a snowmobile.

Saturday afternoon, just south of Rockford and a little more than a mile up this tree line marks the spot of this accident.

Jamie Fox of Greene was driving a snowmobile when she lost control and fell off. She was then hit [...]

Snowmobile accident victim ID’d

The Iowa State Patrol released the name Monday of a 32-year-old Eldridge man who was airlifted to  University Hospitals in Iowa City after being ejected from his snowmobile.

Man injured in Clay County snowmobile crash

SPENCER, Iowa — A Prairie City, Iowa, man was taken to the hospital with injuries Saturday after being thrown from his snowmobile in Clay County.

The accident happened at 2:02 p.m. Saturday in the 3000 block of Highway 71 near Spencer.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement released today that Justin Vetter, 29, was traveling southbound [...]

Search called off for missing snowmobiler

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police and family members say they are calling off the search for Martin Davis, a Cedar Rapids-area snowmobiler who has been missing for nearly a week.

The missing man’s brother said Friday that the 52-year-old Davis disappeared Sunday, and the family didn’t want anyone to take risks by searching for him.

Davis, [...]

Snowmobiles legal within city limits?

Question: Is it legal to drive snowmobiles within the city limits? We live close to the Northwest Arterial and once the snow falls we hear snowmobiles traveling along the road every night.

Answer: The current Dubuque City Code does not specifically address snowmobile use in the city.

It does, however, ban the operation of snowmobiles on frozen [...]

Search For Missing Snowmobiler Focuses Closer to Home

The search for a Cedar Rapids man, missing since going for a snowmobile ride on Sunday, entered a second full day this morning. Martin Davis, 52, had told his girlfriend he would ride towards North Liberty from his home on Club Road. That rural residence is located about halfway between The Eastern Iowa Airport and [...]