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🌱 Emmetsburg day care provider sentenced in toddler’s death
Emmetsburg, Iowa Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Emmetsburg! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Emmetsburg day care provider sentenced in toddler’s death
- Prison sentence follows guilty plea in Emmetsburg toddler’s death
- Iowa comic brings a homecoming stop to Pocahontas
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 30 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with partial sunshine, temps: high: 42, low: 24.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 40 and low of 21 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Emmetsburg day care provider gets 50 years for toddler's death (desmoinesregister.com subscription) — Former Emmetsburg day care provider Hannah Priest was sentenced Nov. 9 to up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to child endangerment resulting in death. Sebastian Jespersen, 23 months old, died in January 2023 after being found unresponsive at her day care. Priest has no mandatory minimum sentence before parole eligibility. 
• Daycare provider sentenced to up to 50 years in prison in toddler's death (azfamily.com) — Hannah Priest, an Emmetsburg day care provider, received a sentence of up to 50 years in prison Monday for child endangerment resulting in death. She pleaded guilty in October in the death of 23-month-old Sebastian Jespersen, who died in January 2023. Authorities said Priest would be eligible for parole.
• Iowa Native Bringing Hardly Working Comedy Tour to Pocahontas (stormlakeradio.com) — Iowa native Matt Banwart and fellow comedian Brent Reed bring their Hardly Working Comedy Tour to Pocahontas’ Rialto Theatre on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. The show is for ages 21 and older, with tickets starting at $20. The tour also includes Emmetsburg, though no local date or venue is provided.
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