Aplington News

Wednesday's vigil began with a prayer. It's the way people here say Coach Thomas would start anything on his football field.

Dealing with a violent tragedy is hard for any community, but when the victim is a well-known member of that community, as was longtime Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, the loss becomes much more personal.

New developments today in the Iowa High School shooting that left a long time coach dead.

Click Here to hear an early statement from Butler County Auditor Holly Fokkena before news of Ed Thomas' death.

We'll update this page with our newest information as the day goes on. Check back to see what more we've learned today.

When it comes to severe weather, even with all the fancy tools in the Storm Track 7 weather center, some of the most valuable information that we can bring you is from the eyes on the ground.

Alpha Study met at the home at Karen Handorf on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. President Mary Luethje opened the meeting by reading a poem on May.

APLINGTON On June 3 two families are leaving Aplington for Guatemala. The Hankens and the McCauleys plus a teenager close with the mccauley family are packing up and re-locating to Guatemala.

The Aplington-Parkersburg School District decides against a plan to bring all elementary students under the same roof.

May's EF-5 tornado leveled Parkersburg's High School causing a ripple effect for students and teachers.

Riverview Conference Center is hosting their Second Annual Musical Showcase on Saturday, April 18th, at 6 p.m. Come out to a great night of inspiring , home-grown, Iowa singers featuring Bill Quibell, the Randy Aalderks family, Phil Hague, Circle of Friends Trio, and Aaron and Liberty Epley.

The contest, sponsored by Henkel -- one of country's largest marketers of household brands -- drew more than 1,500 nominations before judges narrowed the field to 10 finalists, with Atkinson making the cut.

Romance may be alive and well, Kris Boettger believes. But the sweet gesture of serving a loved one breakfast in bed seems to be going the way of the moonlight serenade.

By Travis Fischer The National Weather Service has released their official service assessment report on the tornado that passed through Butler and Black Hawk Counties last May.

Ben Lievens and Travis Huisman have been making music together since middle school.

Eligible students must be high school juniors whose parents or guardians are either Butler County REC members or residents living in Aplington, Fairbank, Fredericksburg, or Readlyn.

Aplington, Ia. - Five-year-old Kadin Wormser knows why Miss Karen hasn't been in school the past few months: 'From the tornado,' he says.

Some people are lucky to get one shot at their dream job. For Mary Meyer, opportunity knocked twice.

Donna Ukena 74, passed away of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 at their home at Twin Lakes.

Yvette Anderson, of Aplington, Iowa, browses through items at a fair trade sale of products from Third World artisans at Loras College.