Emmetsburg woman charged with OWI after two-vehicle crash n…

Car Crash Ruthven Iowa in Ruthven, Iowa: A 65-year-old Emmetsburg woman was charged with first-offense OWI and failure to obey a stop sign after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of 370th Avenue and 360th Street near rural Ruthven on June 28, 2026. According to the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office, Debra Lee Metz was driving a 2016 Ford Explorer southbound and allegedly failed to yield while turning east, colliding with an eastbound 2015 Jeep Wrangler driven by a juvenile female. No injuries were reported; Metz was booked into the Palo Alto County Jail pending an initial appearance.