Road Deaths Increase; a Recent Spate of Dubuque County Fatalities Draws Concern As Heavy Holiday Travel Nears

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Markus Phend was going to trade in his guitar for a drum set this week and start a band with his friends. He was considered his brother's twin, even though they were four years apart. He was shy, but funny once you got to know him, his mother said.

The 17-year-old former Dubuque resident was on his way to a graduation party with friends and family Saturday when he became the fifth person to die on Dubuque County's roads in the past five weeks.

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Road Deaths Increase; a Recent Spate of Dubuque County Fatalities Draws Concern As Heavy Holiday Travel Nears

"I keep thinking he's still on his way home," said Phend's mother, Becky Thiel, of Swan, Iowa.

Saturday's one-vehicle collision on Whiteto...

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