CENTER — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office received a report at about 1:30 p.m., Jan. 5, of a two-vehicle collision occurring at the intersection of Highway 59 and 544th Avenue, about seven miles southwest of Wausa.
Donrel Herbosheimer, 84, Pierce, was driving a motor vehicle north on 544th Avenue and approaching the intersection of Highway 59 and 544th Avenue, while Shawn Morkve, 27, Yankton, S.D., was driving a commercial motor vehicle west on Highway 59.
The investigation revealed Herbosheimer failed to stop at the stop sign for northbound traffic entering the intersection and the trailer attached to his pickup truck was struck by the westbound vehicle.
No injuries were reported by either driver. The commercial vehicle was towed due to disabling damages.
On the late afternoon of Dec. 28,the sheriff’s office received several 911 calls about a two-car crash approximately three and a half miles east of Bloomfield on Highway 84.
Samantha Williams, Yankton, S.D., was traveling east in a 2022 Jeep Wagoneer that was registered to Forever Transport LLC, Fordyce. Travis Joseph Jr., Yankton, S.D., was traveling east in a 1997 Ford Crown Victoria that was registered to Miles Pickens, Bloomfield.
Joseph attempted to pass Williams, with the front passenger side of his vehicle sideswiping the driver side of her vehicle. Both vehicles came to a stop in the south ditch.
Williams’ vehicle went through a fence belonging to Doyle Folck, Bloomfield, damaging one wood fence post and the barbed wire fence.
Bloomfield volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel responded to the crash. Both drivers refused treatment at the scene.
At about 5 p.m., Dec. 23, Knox County dispatchers received a call about someone losing rocks on 897th Road (Highway 54C) by 54926 897th Road, rural Crofton.
The caller stated the rocks and other debris had been cleared off the road by the caller and other people.
The caller stated the rocks were found on the road around 4 p.m. and believed a skid loader had been used to haul the rocks and lost the rocks while transporting them, but failed to clear them from the road.
The rocks were placed into three different piles in the ditch. The rocks were reddish in color and about eight inches in diameter.
Jeramiah Dean Wurm, a sex offender, reported Dec. 21 to the sheriff’s office. He resides at 88851 539th Ave., Bloomfield.
BOOKINGS: Jan. 6: Abrianna White, 22, Santee, II. Third-Degree Assault; Amber White, 20, Santee, I. Disturbing the Peace, II. Third-Degree Assault, *Santee* Jan. 4: Patrick Mitchum, 42, Niobrara, Pay Fines and Costs *Knox Knox Co. Warrant* Dec. 30: Roberto Hoffman, 25, Santee, I. Contributing to Delinquency of Minor, II. Disturbing the Peace, III. Terroristic Threats, *Santee*; Jason Kitto, 41, Santee, I. Third-Degree Domestic Assault, *Santee Warrant*; Andrea Adams, 38, Santee, I. Violation of Pre-Trial Release, *Santee Warrant* Dec. 27: Samantha Freiburghouse, 23, Yankton, S.D., I. Contempt of Court, II. Failure to Appear, *Santee Warrant* Dec. 21: Shane Sleister, 49, Oakdale, I. Theft – Receive Stolen Property, *Knox County Warrant*; Johnathon Freiburghouse, 18, Santee, I. Probation Violation, *Santee* Dec. 18: Phillip Robinson, 35, Santee, I. Probation Violation *Santee* Dec. 17: Merissa Harris, 25, Creighton, I. Failure to Pay, *Knox Co. Warrant*
