Ventura woman charged with attempted murder

    Valerie Lea Hasbrouck, 47, of Ventura, was arrested Monday, Dec. 3, on the charge of Attempt to Commit Murder based on an incident at the home of her mother, Tressa Waddingham, 81, also of rural Ventura.
    Hasbrouck made her initial appearance before a Magistrate on Tuesday, Dec. 4.  The judge ordered she be held on $200,000 bond in the Hancock County Jail.  If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison.
    The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are conducting the investigation of this matter.   No further information was available at presstime.