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Dispatcher recognized; fallen deputy remembered

By Greg Bebermeyer

03/02/2020

Deputy Todd Widman

(KNZA)--A Brown County Sheriff's dispatcher was recognized and a fallen deputy remembered at Monday's Brown County Commission meeting.

Sheriff John Merchant presented a certificate of recognition to dispatcher Paige Powell for her quick thinking during a wreck on November 16 of last year that claimed the life of a Hiawatha teenager and left four other teens injured.

Merchant said Powell took the initiative to dispatch multiple air ambulances to the scene west of Hiawatha, which is credited with saving the life of Andrew Kreek who was critically injured in the wreck.

Kreek and his mother were on hand for the presentation and to personally thank Powell.

A moment of silence was also observed at the meeting in remembrance of Deputy Todd Widman who was killed in the line of duty 20 years ago.

County Attorney Kevin Hill requested 20 secs of silence in remembrance of Widman.

The 21-year-old deputy was shot and killed on March 1, 2000 after picking up a runaway juvenile in Hiawatha.

Widman had been employed by the Brown County Sheriff's Department for two years.

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