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Fiance of missing Colorado mom arrested

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The fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth was arrested Friday morning, a law enforcement source involved in the investigation said.  Authorities arrested Patrick Frazee nearly one month after Berreth, the mother of his 1-year-old daughter, vanished on Thanksgiving day, near Woodland Park, a city between Denver and Colorado Springs.  Frazee was transported to the Teller County Jail following his arrest, the law enforcement source said.

Woodland Park Police also announced they would hold a news conference at noon ET, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.  Kelsey Berreth hasn’t been seen since November 22.  Frazee previously had told police he last saw Berreth on November 22, when he picked up their daughter, making him the last known person to report seeing Berreth alive.  Police said they have surveillance video of Berreth, a flight instructor, shopping with her daughter that day at a Woodland Park supermarket.  Berreth’s employer got a text from her phone on November 25, saying she wouldn’t be able to work that week, police have said. Frazee also said she texted him that day, but the contents of that text haven’t been released.
A week after that, she was reported missing. Woodland Park police began their search on December 2, when Berreth’s mother, Cheryl, alerted them to her daughter’s disappearance.
Berreth’s phone was tracked to a location near Gooding, Idaho. Berreth has family in that state, Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young said. Gooding is roughly 800 miles northwest of Woodland Park.
“She’s not the kind that runs off,” Cheryl Berreth said at a police news conference on December 10. “This is completely out of character. Kelsey loves her God, she loves her family and friends, and she loves her job. She’s reliable, considerate and honest.”  The reward for information leading to finding Berreth is $25,000, Woodland Park police said.   Frazee voluntarily released his phone to be searched and allowed officers to take a DNA sample on December 12, his lawyer said.  Two days later, investigators combed Frazee’s home and 30-plus-acre property in Florissant, Colorado, with a search party of 75 officers, a law enforcement source told CNN at the time.
De Young provided few details at a news conference, declining to say what investigators were looking for or what prompted them to search that location.
At the time, Jeremy Loew, an attorney for Frazee, issued a statement in which he said his client “continues to cooperate with law enforcement.”  “We encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary to find Kelsey Berreth and to be able to exclude Patrick Frazee as a possible suspect in this missing person investigation,” Loew’s statement said. “Mr. Frazee will continue not to participate in any interviews with the media and instead focus on parenting the child he shares with Ms. Berreth.”
Earlier this week, authorities said they conducted routine follow-up searches on Frazee’s and Berreth’s homes.
The Woodland Park Police Department Thursday evening said on social media that new information about the case continues to come in. They asked the public to be patient.  “We hope to have answers for all of the questions our community has on this case as soon as possible,” police said in a news release posted to Facebook.
Investigators with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Woodland Park Police Department and the FBI were spotted at Berreth’s home Thursday evening carrying large brown bags out of the home, and a firefighter was seen carrying a ladder into the house.

Oskaloosa basketball takes on Pella tonight

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Oskaloosa’s boys’ basketball team looks to get back on the winning track tonight (12/21) when they host Pella. The Indians’ seven game winning streak was snapped Tuesday night (12/18) at Norwalk.  Oskaloosa Coach Ryan Parker talks about what went wrong on Tuesday.

“We got no paint touches. We’ve got 6’10” (Cole Henry), 7 foot (Xavier Foster) down low and we didn’t get the ball down there.   Only one of our first ten possessions did the ball end up even getting into the paint at one point.  So we just settled for open jumpers.  They were open, we weren’t forcing anything, we just weren’t making any and our strong suit is down low.”

Not only is tonight’s game a local rivalry, Oskaloosa is ranked first in the state in the Associated Press Class 3A rankings, while Pella is ranked tenth.

The Oskaloosa/Pella matchup is a boys’ and girls’ doubleheader, with the Indians girls on a two game winning streak.  You can hear both games tonight on KBOE-FM.  Our live coverage starts at 6, with the girls’ game at 6:15 and the boys’ game at around 7:45.

BATTLE FOR IOWA CHAMPIONSHIP is today

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Today is the day-#3 Casey Muessigmann vs. #5 Brad Morgan! Twenty-four hour voting on facebook now thru 11am Friday, Dec. 21st along with a 30 minute phone voting period Friday, Dec. 21st from 10:30am to 11am.  Steve will play a song from each artist on KBOE 104.9FM. To vote on facebook: click on the picture of who you’re voting for. To vote on the phone: call the studio line at the designated time at 641-676-KBOE (5263), or, the KBOE office line at 641-673-3493. The Iowa country artist with the most votes at 11am on Friday will be our first ever Battle For Iowa champion. For those voting, one of you will win an Iowa country music prize pack which will contain at least one CD from an Iowa artist! Results will first be announced live on KBOE 104.9FM and then at the bottom of the comments below. Out of area listeners can tune in on kboeradio.com, or, download the KBOE app. Good luck to both competitors!

Pekin schools on temporary lockdown yesterday

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Pekin Community Schools were put on temporary lockdown Thursday (12/20).  Superintendent Dave Harper issued a statement on the school district’s website that they was a situation regarding a high school student and her upset boyfriend, who is not a student at Pekin.  The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department was notified and students were not allowed out at recess for a time.  Harper says the situation has been resolved.

One person was killed in an accident Wednesday night

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A North Dakota woman was killed Wednesday night (12/19) when she was driving the wrong way on Highway 163 south of Pella.  The Iowa State Patrol says 65-year-old Esther Hockett of Bowman, North Dakota, was going east in the westbound lane of Highway 163 shortly before 7:30pm.  Hockett’s SUV hit a semi that was carrying cattle head-on.  The SUV flipped onto its side and came to rest on the highway. Hockett was thrown from her vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.  Highway 163 was closed for several hours Wednesday night into Thursday morning as law enforcement cleared the scene.  Seven cattle were killed in the crash; others were able to get out of the semi and had to be rounded up.

More than 340 Iowa Schools struggling

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State Education Officials say more than 340 Iowa schools have been identified as struggling.  The Iowa Department of Education said in a report released Tuesday (12/18) that 34 schools need comprehensive improvement for all students and 307 need targeted support for some student groups.  Oskaloosa School Superintendent Paula Wright tells us how Oskaloosa did in that study.

“As a whole district, we are meeting the criteria, but we have a sub-group in each building that is not–that is needing some assistance.  For Oskaloosa Elementary, that sub-group is students with disabilities.  At the Middle School, the sub-group that’s not meeting the criteria is students with disabilities. And at the High School, it is our low socioeconomic status students, or our students who qualify for free and reduced lunch.”

Wright says she’d also like to see improvement in Oskaloosa High’s graduation rate.  The state average is 90.98 percent; Oskaloosa’s graduation rate is 89.66 percent.

Meet Nicky the shephard mix

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Nicky, the shephard mix,  is our KBOE/KMZN Pet of the Week.  Nicky, estimated to be 7-8 years old, is a very friendly, loving little guy who loves to play and be loved on.  He is looking for his forever home.  He was found by someone and brought to the Stephen Memorial Shelter.  Nicky is ready for adoption now so submit an application to give him a loving home.  Call Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter at (641) 673-3991 for more information about Nicky or a wide variety of other loving and adoptable pets!

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