DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa State Trooper and a nurse will be honored Friday, Nov. 27, for putting their lives at risk to save a stranger’s life in the middle of Interstate 35 near Des Moines. Trooper Tracy Bohlen of Waukee and Nurse Jane McCurdy of Ankeny will be recognized as Iowa’s 2015 “citizen heroes” during halftime of the Hy-Vee Heroes Game on Friday when the University of Iowa takes on Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bohlen and McCurdy will be joined on the field by Kassee Jones of Bennington, Nebraska, who will be recognized as Nebraska’s 2015 “citizen hero.