Clarksville News

No blizzard was able to cancel the Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety last Wednesday, May 8. Instead, a near perfect, sunshine day greeted 93 fourth graders at the Butler County Fairgrounds.

Westside Assisted Living Suites, Clarksville, will be hosting a special guest speaker, Steve Ulrichs, Director of Butler County Commission of Veterans Affairs, to discuss VA benefits on Thursday, May 23, at 10:00 a.m. Bring your questions, and join them for coffee and cookies.

One person was killed last Thursday in an accident one mile south of Clarksville.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that after a 6-day trial, Jurors on Tuesday found Alex Pothast of Clarksville guilty of vehicular homicide based on intoxication and based on reckless driving.

Alex Pothast is accused of drinking and driving in 2010 when his classmate, Joshua Young of Waverly, died after a crash in Pothast's vehicle.

The Iowa State Patrol reported that Joanna Heidemann, 30, of Clarksville, was driving southbound on Highway 188 about a mile south of Clarksville at around 10:41 a.m. when she lost control of her Chevy Venture van and entered the northbound lanes of Highway 188.

CLARKSVILLE, Iowa - One man has been killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash in northern Iowa.

Jury selection for the trial of 20-year old Alexander Pothast of Clarksville was slated to begin Tuesday, but has been postponed until Wednesday.

Bremer County Attorney Kasey Wadding confirmed jury selection for the trial of Alexander Pothast will begin Tuesday, April 30th at 9:00 a.m. Pothast was charged with vehicular homicide after a 2010 car crash that killed 18-year old Joshua Young of Waverly.

About a month ago, the face of the dam in the Shell Rock River came loose. According to Butler County Conservation Director Mike Miner said a log or whole tree [inset] looks to be stuck where the dam gave out in the middle.