Aplington News

The 2008 flu and pneumonia shot season is upon us and Butler County Public Health is scheduling clinics for the communities in Butler County.

Tin barely attached to the side of the Sinclair Elevator feed mill flapped in the breeze Monday, as feed poured into a delivery truck below and grain trucks arrived with ingredients to make more.

Two men were killed and three others were injured in an accident at an uncontrolled intersection near the Franklin-Bulter county line Sunday.

After a tornado snapped apart hundreds of trees in the Parkersburg area, Hy-Vee and elementary school kids are replanting where those trees once stood.

Iowans are in the throes of recovery. Three months ago this week, thousands across the state reeled from record flooding and the aftermath of deadly tornadoes.

The medical conditions of two men injured Sunday while racing chuck wagons at the Big 4 Fair appear to be improving.

We were shocked to read the Courier's Aug. 24 editorial, "Braley needs to offer more than hope." In the aftermath of Iowa's recent disasters, Congressman Bruce Braley has been delivering needed disaster relief ...

Spicoli's had the strongest and most star-studded parking lot on University Avenue Saturday night.

Riverview Conference Center will be the site of the first Riverview Music Showcase, scheduled for 6 pm on Saturday, Sept.

Awesome!" Was how Donna Larson described her first look at St Gabriel Catholic Church under construction in Grundy County.

Parkersburg High School students started the year attending classes in nearby Aplington after an EF5 tornado destroyed their old school.

Wednesday was the first day back-to-school for Aplington-Parkersburg, but this year, students will have a different school to go back to.

The parents of Amy Pepples are announcing the engagement of their daughter to David McKelvy.

Paul Garcia, Mason City, Jack Bahnsen, Nora Springs, and Dan Tresemer, Mason City, cooked hamburgers and brats for the veterans picnic in Lake Mills Saturday sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter ...

Many Responsible for Successful Relay for Life By Lucille Leerhoff It is not without the generosity and help of many individuals, businesses and community groups from throughout Butler County that made the ...

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Max and Maudie, the dogs who survived the tornado, are calm now, sprawled on the floor, munching their doggy doughnuts.

Growing up in the communities of Aplington and Parkersburg is probably as close to a fairy tale as a person can get.

Home Depot employees Thanh Nguyen hands a case of bottled water to Brandon Powell both of Cedar Rapids as a disaster response crew composed of workers from the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids Home Depots provide ...

In the aftermath of the category five tornado that destroyed over 200 homes in the Parkersburg, Iowa, area over the Memorial Day weekend, Reformed Church World Service and the RCA Mission Volunteer Program ...