Midwest
Search for missing news anchor expands after authorities get new tip
A 27-year-old news anchor mysteriously disappeared nearly 30 years ago, gripping the small town in Iowa where she worked, and a recent tip prompted detectives to search a property in Minnesota for her remains.
Mason City Police Department detectives in Iowa searched a site in Winsted, Minnesota, in October for Jodi Huisentruit, who vanished the morning of June 27, 1995.
Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley confirmed the purpose of the search in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“MCPD recently worked with Minnesota law enforcement officials to follow up on a lead in Winsted,” he said. “MCPD continues to receive, evaluate and follow up on information it receives related to Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance on a regular basis. Information gleaned from this effort will be used in the ongoing investigation. At this time, there is no additional information for public release. We do want to encourage anyone with information about Jodi’s disappearance to contact MCPD or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.”
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TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit went missing on her way to work the morning of June 27, 1995. (Findjodi.com)
Huisentruit, a native of Long Prairie, Minnesota, was on her way to work as a morning anchor at KIMT-TV in Mason City when she disappeared.
“She drove the red convertible, she had her hair flowing and she loved to be in public. She loved to be at, you know, the local establishment,” Sgt. Terrance Prochaska of the Mason City Police Department told Fox News Digital. “People knew Jodi because she was just approachable.”
On the morning of her disappearance, Huisentruit told a colleague she had overslept and was running late to the office, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. However, she never made it to work that day.
“She was in a hurry … probably wasn’t even looking when she was getting into her car,” Prochaska, who has been investigating Huisentruit’s case for 14 years, said. “I’ve been a police officer for 23 years now. I’ve been around the circle, I guess, of cases. This one is just heartbreaking.”
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The exterior of the apartment complex where TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit lived June 27, 1995. (Steve Kagan/The Life Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“It’s sometimes hard to go home at night with, you know, without answers for the family of Jodi Huisentruit, especially her friends that are still actively looking for her that were with her day in, day out before she went missing.”
Huisentruit’s disappearance was ruled an abduction, and her belongings, including a hair dryer, a red pair of shoes and a bottle of hairspray, were found next to her car at her apartment complex, and police found signs of a struggle. A witness also reported seeing a suspicious white van and hearing a scream, Fox 9 reported.
“The red shoes are significant. It kind of makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck a little bit when you see those shoes … because it’s probably similar to something you’ve worn to work,” Prochaska said. “As far as the evidence left behind … there’s a significant amount of evidence that suggests that she was unconscious and dragged.”
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Jodi Huisentruit was a star TV anchor before she disappeared in 1995. (Findjodi.com)
The promising news anchor was declared legally dead in 2001.
“The biggest obstacle is we don’t have a body,” Prochaska acknowledged. “If you read about a lot of these cold cases that are being solved here recently, it’s because they have a body.”
“Remember that this happened in 1995 before DNA (evidence) really even existed. Thankfully, the investigators back then, they did things above and beyond. … They set up road blocks the next morning, and they interviewed every car passing by her apartment lot that next morning. They collected evidence out of dumpsters. Thankfully, that has helped us in the case.”
On the 28th anniversary of her disappearance in 2023, Huisentruit’s family posted a statement on Findjodi.com, encouraging anyone with information to come forward and expressing gratitude to the public and law enforcement.
“We, Jodi’s family, would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have shown up here today and who continue to show interest in Jodi’s case. We know that along with us, you feel the pain and agony over Jodi’s case still being unresolved,” the statement said.
“Jodi had such a bright future ahead of her, and she should be here every day enjoying it. She deserves better, and we continue to pray that someone will come forward with the missing piece that will finally solve this case and give Jodi the justice she deserves.”
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A storefront window with a flyer about Jodie Huisentruit’s disappearance. (Steve Kagan/The Life Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Prochaska explained that the latest tip to police was just one of many over the years and said investigators have searched extensively to find her remains. He did not disclose any information about who might be responsible for her disappearance.
“It’s very difficult to convince the public that we are trying so hard to find her,” he said. “The only thing we need is help from the public, that we hope that someday somebody is going to see something or hear something that’s going to make that one phone call to me or someone else in the community of law enforcement. … And that’s simply what we did in Minnesota recently, is just a person called us and gave us some information that was a little bit at a more concerning level than others.”
Prochaska did not provide any details about the “concerning” information police received, leading them to the search in Minnesota.
“That’s how we’re going to find Jodi,” he said. “By not giving up and not just taking people’s calls for granted.”
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland is gearing up to host the Cleveland Marathon Sunday.
Over 13,000 runners are expected to participate in the half marathon and full marathon.
The marathon and half marathon will begin at 7 a.m., and the 26.3 After Mile Party will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Here are the road closures starting Sunday at midnight:
- St. Clair Avenue – from East 6th Street to Ontario Street – until 3:00 p.m.
Here are the road closures starting Saturday at 6 a.m.:
- St. Clair Avenue – from East 6th Street to West 9th Street – until 3:00 p.m.
- West 9th Street – from St. Clair Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 3:00 p.m.
- Superior Avenue – from West 9th Street to East 18th Street – until 7:30 a.m.
- East 9th Street – from Superior Avenue to Euclid Avenue – until 7:30 a.m.
- Euclid Avenue – from East 9th Street to East 22nd Street – until 7:30 a.m.
- East 22nd Street – from Euclid Avenue to Payne Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
- Payne Avenue – from East 22nd Street to East 18th Street – until 8:00 a.m.
- East 13th Street – from Payne Avenue to Chester Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
- Chester Avenue – from East 13th Street to East 12th Street – until 8:00 a.m.
- East 12th Street – from Chester Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
- East 18th Street – from Superior Avenue to Lakeside Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
- Lakeside Avenue – from East 18th Street to West 3rd Street – until 8:30 a.m.
- East 9th Street – from Lakeside Avenue to Erieside Avenue – until 8:30 a.m.
- Erieside Avenue – from East 9th Street to West 3rd Street – until 8:30 a.m.
- West 3rd Street – from Erieside Avenue to Lakeside Avenue – until 9:00 a.m.
- West 9th Street – from Lakeside Avenue to Front Avenue – until 9:00 a.m.
- Old River Road – from Front Avenue to Carter Road – until 9:00 a.m.
- Scranton Road – from Carter Road to Starkweather Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
- West 14th Street – from Kenilworth Avenue to Buhrer Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
- Buhrer Avenue – from West 14th Street to West 11th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
- West 11th Street – from Buhrer Avenue to Clark Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
- Clark Avenue – from West 11th Street to West 14th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
- Kenilworth Avenue – from West 14th Street to West 11th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
- West 11th Street – from Kenilworth Avenue to Starkweather Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
- Starkweather Avenue – from Scranton Road to Jefferson Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
- Jefferson Avenue – from Starkweather Avenue to Professor Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
- Professor Avenue – from Jefferson Avenue to Fairfield Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
- Fairfield Avenue – from Professor Avenue to West 11th Street – until 9:45 a.m.
- Abby Avenue – from West 11th Street to West 19th Street – until 10:00 a.m.
- Lorain Avenue/Carnegie Bridge – from West 20th Street to Ontario Avenue – until 10:30 a.m., RTA traffic only
- Ontario Avenue – from Carnegie Avenue to Huron Road – until 10:30 a.m. with northbound traffic maintained, one lane southbound maintained
- West Huron Road – from Ontario Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 10:30 a.m.
- Detroit Avenue – from Superior Avenue to Lake Road Street – until 2:00 p.m., hard closure until noon then partial as necessary for runner right of way
- Shoreway – from East 55th Street to West Boulevard – from 2 a.m. until 3 p.m.
- Edgewater – from West Boulevard to West 115th Street – until 2 p.m.
- West 115th Street – from Edgewater to Lake – until 2 p.m.
- Lake – from West 117th Street to Shoreway Entrance until 2:30 p.m.
- Lake – from Detroit Avenue to West Boulevard – until 11:15 a.m.
- Clifton Blvd. – from Lake to West Boulevard – until 11:15 a.m.
- West Boulevard – from Clifton Blvd. to Edgewater – until 2 p.m.
Rolling closures are approximate and based on the time the last runner passes through an intersection. Closures may be adjusted as necessary.
Below is the information for parking.
- Public lots will be available throughout downtown, see clevelandmarathon.com for the full list
- Notes:
- Lot access may be restricted during the races
- Check Rates and hours in advance
- Notes:
- The only parking available at the Huntington Garage will be surface parking on Level 3
- Ride RTA to skip the traffic
Here is where you can cheer on the runners:
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WABASH, Ind. (WISH) — A motorcyclist is dead in Wabash County after striking a utility pole in the early hours of Saturday morning.
State police say just before 3 a.m., officers with the Wabash County Police Department attempted to stop a motorcycle after the rider ran a red light.
The motorcycle did not stop and “fled at a high rate of speed.” Just moments later, the motorcycle traveled off the roadway near the intersection of Miami Street and Walter Street, and struck a utility pole.
Despite life-saving efforts, the rider was pronounced dead at the scene.
The person’s name has not yet been released by the Wabash County Coroner’s Office.
State police are actively investigating the incident, and no further information has been released.
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