Butler County News Archives

A Butler County judge on Tuesday will consider whether to open sealed court documents involving accused murderer Mark Becker's committal for mental health problems.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has lifted the boil order in Dumont. Two water tests completed on Monday were both negative for E. coli.

One of the 911 callers reporting the shooting of Ed Thomas in Parkersburg was worried about the slow arrival of medical response, and a dispatcher told her they'd had trouble rounding up an ambulance crew.

Thousands of Iowans lost power after a night of powerful thunderstorms brought heavy rain, large hail and driving winds to the state.

The first-degree murder trial of Mark Becker, 24, is set for September 15, according to court records filed in Butler County District Court.

Mark Becker, 24, accused of shooting Coach Ed Thomas of Parkersburg, has pleaded not guilty in Butler County District Court.

Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson says in a statement that he asked the county's central point coordinator on mental health to notify him when Mark Becker would be released from a psychiatric evaluation, but that didn't happen.

Mark D. Becker Mark Becker was formally charged with first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for the death of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas.