By the Associated Press:
The Newton Police Department is mourning a sergeant who died in an off-duty ATV crash.
Police say Sgt. Levi Minkevitch, of Peabody, died Wednesday in the crash in Harvey County. Police said he tried to jump a ditch into a field but lost control of his ATV, which rolled into the creek. He was pronounced dead at a Newton hospital.
The police department said in a statement that Minkevitch, who had been with the department since 2013, was a tremendous officer and a friend to everyone he met.
