Adel News

The 118-year-old bridge along V Avenue west of Granger, which has earned the street the "Spooky Bridge Road" nickname by locals, will no longer be the shortcut option rural gravel travelers are used to.

Last month, the Adel City Council authorized city administrator Chad Bird to pursue a "guaranteed grant" for Brownfield site assessments inside the city limits through the Howard R. Green Company offices in Des ...

This month, a new record price was set at auction for the sale of a painting. Ronald Lauder paid $135 million for Adel Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt.

West Des Moines residents helped elect Republicans last week to all open state legislative seats that represent part of the city, according to unofficial election results.

Three students from Adel-DeSoto-Minburn High School and another from West Central Valley High School will take part in the 2008 All-State Music Festival at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

It came as no surprise to those who know them best when Bill and Colleen Sandquist of rural Adel were honored with the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award Friday, Nov.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the theft conviction of a former Dallas County sheriff who was found guilty of stealing $120,000 seized during a traffic stop.

If you've been a frequent reader of this column, it probably comes as no surprise that I'm a conservative.

Gary Wergin was a farm news broadcaster for WHO-AM radio in Des Moines for only nine years, but he quickly became the voice of Iowa farming.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the theft conviction of a former Dallas County sheriff who was found guilty of stealing $120,000 seized during a traffic stop.

All-District statistics have been released for Class 3A District 8, and the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn had a total of nine players make the list, as well as three All-Academic team nods.

Vietnam veterans came together as a family Sunday. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 490, which is stationed in Des Moines, held a gathering at the Vietnam War Monument near the State Capitol to recognize ...

Lawmakers should consider allowing the governor to tap into the state's $640 million rainy day accounts without legislative approval, some members of Gov.

Although turnout was not as high in Dallas County as many pundits had prognosticated, it still exceeded 77 percent in this Central Iowa county that has proven to be particularly red in more recent general ...

Shelby Chapman kicks off the Dallas County Fair rodeo last summer and recently goes on to achieve her goal in winning Miss Teen Iowa Rodeo.

Kristin Wiedenhoff spent most of her years growing up in rural Adel in the barn with her horses and her brother.

Dallas County voters reelected Mark Hanson to a second term on the board of supervisors.

An anxious pig and a wise spider are the stars of Iowa Christian Academy's fall dinner theater production, 'Charlotte's Web.' The children's classic is so popular the school is dedicating a matinee to children ...