Rock Rapids, Iowa– A George man has died, and a Minnesota man was taken to the hospital as a result of a crash near Rock Rapids on Friday, October 3, 2025.
The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about 2:20 p.m., 28-year-old Matthew Wieber of Benson, Minnesota, was driving a 2016 Peterbilt semi southbound on K60 (also known as Indian Avenue), three miles east of the east water tower in Rock Rapids — the Edna blacktop. They tell us that 64-year-old Steven Cuperus of George was eastbound on Highway 9 in a 2015 Ram pickup.
The preliminary report says only that the semi struck the Cuperus pickup in the intersection…