About austin. Austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, a large young man 220 pound student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. Good kid, said Spencer Community schools superintendent, terry hemann i also spoke with the pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church where hundreds of students came together last night after finding out the news of roberts passing. Tonight at 10 ill have more on what happened last night. Ill also have reaction from someone who saw the tragedy unfold. For now, spencer is coming together as a community through this hard time. Reporting live in spencer, iowa, tommie clark, ktiv news 4. Thanks tommie. Holidays are about food in a lot of ways with festive meals gathering families around the dinner table. But, some families cant afford that food and thats what the food bank of siouxland is here for. The nonprofit is dedicated to making sure everyone in siouxland has enough to eat. They serve 11 counties area and they had a
Spencer iowa died on saturday night after collapsing at the tigers home wrestling invitational. Austin roberts, a senior at Spencer High School, collapsed while competing in the championship match in the 220pound weight division. Roberts was taken to spencer hospital, where Officials Say he died on saturday night. The closeknit community of spencer is mourning the loss of Austin Roberts, but theyre not doing it alone. Ktivs tommie clark has the story. Community hospital, where he died. Here at Spencer High School, the front steps are already filling up with flowers and balloons all for Austin Roberts. This closeknit community is now coming together to mourn. This morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. Austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, said Spencer Community schools superintendent, terry hemann. While students awaited the news of austins condition,