Reports coming in is that the chief of police for the city of Fairbank has died. This was announced by his colleagues.
Mike Everding, the city’s part-time police chief since July 2020, died recently. He was 59 years old at the time. The statement was made on Saturday morning via the city’s Facebook page.
“The City of Fairbank is deeply saddened by the passing of our Police Chief, Mike Everding,” Mike Harter, the city’s mayor, wrote in the social media post. “He will be greatly missed. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife Tammy and the rest of his family.”
The cause of his death is not known as it has not been made public at this time
Since 2004, Everding has worked in law enforcement, first as a reserve deputy with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
He joined the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office as a full-time deputy in 2005 and remained there until 2017.
He subsequently worked as a water patrol officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for three years on various waterways throughout the state before joining the Fairbank Police Department on June 8, 2020.
In a Facebook post, the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, which includes Fairbank and Fayette County, highlighted Everding’s death, calling him a “friend and colleague.”