DECORAH, Iowa – A Minnesota man, John Westby, 70, of Mabel, was arrested for an incident that put the the Winneshiek Medical Center into a lockdown. Police were tipped by Fillmore County authorties in Minnesota that a man from Mabel, 18 miles away, was suicidal in the hospital parking lot and had a gun. This was abut 9:30 a.m. The man was driving away in pickup truck when Dccorah police arrived After several attempts to stop the vehicle, police boxed it on the Highway 52 overpass near Madison Road. Firearms in were confiscated. The arrest itself was without incident. Westby was charged with eluding police and reckless driving. The WinnMed lockdown was for an hour or so.
