Two dead in crash after illegal U-turn on northern Iowa highway – desmoinesregister.com

DRAFT Iowa’s Highways: A Graveyard of Indifference Two Iowans are dead. Michael Mickelson, 65, and Ellen Countryman, 71, wiped out on a northern Iowa highway on April 3, 2026. Their crime? An illegal U-turn. Their punishment? Oblivion. This isn’t just…


























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