10-7-2011

 

ST. JACOB MAN KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN CLINTON COUNTY

A Clinton County Deputy, Breese Police, Breese Firefighters, and Breese Ambulance responded Tuesday, October 4 at 8:30 p.m. to the scene of a motorcycle accident on Jamestown Road.  According to Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss, Tad D. Simmons, age 21, of St. Jacob, was southbound on Jamestown Road at Old State Road about one mile north of Breese riding a motorcycle.  Simmons failed to negotiate a series of curves, his motorcycle left the road, and he was ejected from the vehicle.  Breese Ambulance took Simmons to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese where emergency room personnel pronounced him dead at 9:36 p.m.  Funeral arrangements are being handled by Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home in Highland.

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LOCAL HARVEST IS PROGRESSING....GOOD WEATHER HELPS

Harvest is in full swing with local farmers working to get their crops out of the field.  We spoke with local farmer Jerry Mollett who said although yields are higher than most people expected, they are still lower than last year.  Many soybean yields have been in the 30 bushel range and corn has been averaging around 110-120 bushels per acre.  Most people are still waiting to see what their later crops bring in.  Mollett has visited the elevator in New Douglas several times recently and based on the numbers he has been hearing from fellow farmers, he believes the soybean numbers will be around 30 bushels per acre for Eastern Madison County. Mollett estimates approximately 30-40% of the corn has been harvested.  However, farmers are beginning to work on soybeans now and he thinks those should come out pretty quickly.

FOX HUNT AT PATRIOT’S PARK

The OKAW Valley Amateur Radio Club is hosting a Fox Hunt Sunday, October 9 at 1:00 p.m., at Patriot’s Park west of Greenville on Rt. 140.  There will be a “Kids Fox Hunt” at 2:00 p.m. and a pot luck supper around 5:00.  Everyone is invited to all events.  For more information, email FOXHUNT@ovarc.net.

FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF FLORISSANT MAN

An investigation still continues into the death of a Florissant man who lost his life on the Missouri side of the Clark Bridge just outside of Alton Wednesday.   According to the coroner’s report, 18 year-old Hamza J. Hamdan was traveling north on US Route 67 in a 1996 Cadillac ETC Coupe when he struck the back of a tractor trailer that was slowing down to make a turn.  Hamdan was not wearing his seatbelt. He was taken to Alton Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead by an emergency room doctor.