Among those partaking of the great food and fellowship at the Hawkeye Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association’s omelet breakfast Sunday were Mary Kime and Jan Jacobson, though the friends almost
Woman and Child Rescued from Westgate House Fire
A woman and her son have escaped injury in an early morning house fire in Westgate.
Authorities received a report of a house on fire at about 1:15am today (Thursday, Jan. 21) at 105 Pearl Street in Westgate. Residents in the house were woken by smoke alarms.
The woman, identified as Miranda Steinbronn, and her 6 year old son, were trapped in a bedroom on the second floor.
The fire department enlisted the aid of a deputy and other people, to put together a rescue team.
Steinbronn and her son were pulled to safety; they were treated for minor injuries at the scene.