A ROCK VALLEY MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT NEAR ROCK VALLEY ON MONDAY. THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAYS THAT 46 YEAR OLD JAMES BLOCK OF ROCK VALLEY WAS EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 18, ONE MILE EAST OF ROCK VALLEY, WHEN HE STRUCK FOUR HOLSTEIN CALVES ON THE ROADWAY. BLOCK WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES.

THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CALVES, OWNED BY EAST VALLEY FARMS OF ROCK VALLEY, WERE LOST AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT AND HAD AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $6,000. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS ASSISTED BY THE ROCK VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROCK VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ROCK VALLEY AMBULANCE.