(statement from Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office) On June 17, 2020 at 7:40pm Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call at 17360 Diamond Road, in rural Fulton, for a tree that had fallen on a woman. Responding to the scene were Fulton Fire and Ambulance Department, Clinton Fire and Ambulance Department responded along with Whiteside County Deputies. Jodi Housenga was struck by a falling tree and transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Clinton Iowa. Information from Mercy hospital Jodi L. Housenga 54 years old was pronounced deceased at 8:51pm, at Mercy Hospital.
