Des Moines - April 05, 2018

Busted

Featuring Appearances by

Trevor Soderstrum

Trevor Soderstrum

Trevor Soderstrum was raised in the Norwegian-American stronghold of Story City. A graduate of Simpson College and Emory University, he works in the family business, teaches scuba diving and writes for the free alternative newspaper, Toons. He can read Hebrew and French, among other languages, and does a mean impression of Bill Clinton.

Lee Rood

Lee Rood

Lee Rood has been a reporter and editor at the Register for 21 years. In 2012, she created The Reader's Watchdog to help Iowans find answers and seek accountability from government organizations, businesses and nonprofits. Lee wants her obituary to say she walked every Des Moines neighborhood, visited every state and collected sand from more than 200 beaches worldwide.

Elle Wignall

Elle Wignall

Elle Wignall is a business communications consultant at Wells Fargo. Elle's creative endeavors include blogging about bread and cheese, maintaining a small army of houseplants and hopefully teaching her elderly dog how to stand up paddleboard when the nearest lake thaws. Elle never makes cookies out of cookie dough.

Brian O'Keefe

Brian O'Keefe

Brian O’Keefe is a husband, father, grandfather and follower of Christ. He joined the Army 35 years ago, and the fire department 23 years ago. He met his wife Wendy in high school. They live in Des Moines, but Brian’s military service has taken him to five continents.

Agenda

April 5, 2018

Busted: Chad Hartzler - 'A Gambler's Remorse'

At one point in his life, Chad Hartzler gambled more than $20,000 a day. Then he went to prison, and confronted the roots of his addiction as well as the realities of a broken penal system.

April 5, 2018

Busted: Trevor Soderstrum - 'The worst punishment ever'

Trevor Soderstrum had an idea to get rich. But this new business plan didn't turn out how he expected - and it led to him experiencing the worst punishment he's ever received.

April 5, 2018

Busted: Lee Rood - 'Peter Gunn and the Wallet Thief'

As a reporter, Lee Rood is normally the person behind the story. But when she became the story, she confronted truths about her industry and herself in ways she never imagined.

April 5, 2018

Busted: Elle Wignall - 'What You'll Do To Make Friends'

Elle Wignall loved Ireland. But when she moved there on a whim, her desire to make friends became so all-encompassing that she found herself on the wrong side of the law.

April 5, 2018

Busted: Brian O'Keefe - 'Being with the ones we love'

Facing death on the fire department is part of the job, but after his father dies, Brian O'Keefe gains a deeper understanding of how to serve the loved ones left behind.