Man Fatally Shot in Jackson County

Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in rural Jackson County. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department says 60 year old Michael Berg of the Maquoketa area was fatally injured. Sheriff’s department deputies and Maquoketa Police Department officers responded at about 5:35 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of a man who had been shot near Fulton, north of Maquoketa. Authorities indicated that Berg was taken by ambulance to Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa, where he was pronounced dead. The Jackson County Attorney’s Office is conducting an investigation into Berg’s death.