Published by admin on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 1:01pm
To the Editor,
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” A famous quote from the movie “Cool Hand Luke.”
That is what we had on Aug. 31, 2021, in Martelle, Iowa, a small town with a population of 232 as of 2019.
The scene: A fire in rural Jones County. Responding to the fire were the Mount Vernon Police Department, Linn County Sheriff’s Department, Jones County Sheriff’s Department, Monticello Police Department, Anamosa Police Department, and Iowa State Patrol. Also present, the fire departments from Martelle, Lisbon, Anamosa, and Morley.