Atalissa News

With the fair just around the corner and Atalissa Day now behind us, many Atalissa and West Liberty fair-goers are wondering what has become of the Henry Boys.

State officials gave an upbeat report Monday about men removed from a bunkhouse in Atalissa earlier this year after they were found to be living in substandard conditions.

Looking to fill the void of a country nightclub in the Iowa City area, two former downtown bar employees are planning to open a restaurant and saloon later this month.

Wine drinkers, sex offenders, the disabled. All will be affected by a slew of new state laws that start Wednesday.

Some of the highest-profile measures among the many new laws that take effect in Iowa on Wednesday grew out of allegations of employer misconduct.

The parade marched through the streets and kids ran to collect the candy that flew from the windows of fire trucks and the floats that made up the procession.

A year after high waters devastated communities throughout the Midwest, many local residents are still picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives.

Charli Sue Gingerich is proud to announce the birth of her baby sister, Chandler Jo.

Kids in West Liberty, Atalissa and Nichols will have another option for lunch this summer.

The first of what is expected to be a series of fines and charges has been levied against Hill Country Farms, the parent company of Henry's Turkey Service.

The company that for 35 years housed dozens of mentally retarded processing plant workers in an aging eastern Iowa bunkhouse faces $900,000 in state fines for thousands of alleged labor-law violations.

Goldthwaite, Texas - One thousand miles south of the eastern Iowa bunkhouse where dozens of mentally retarded men once lived is the original Texas headquarters of their employer, Henry's Turkey Service.

Iowa Workforce Development is now investigating Henry's Turkey Service for allegedly failing to comply with workers' compensation laws.

Governor Culver signed a bill into law Friday regulating requirement for boarding homes and dependent adults.

In his letter regarding the Henry Boys from Atalissa, Henry Madden asks 'Where was our investigative media?' I encourage Madden and others to look at the coverage of this issue in the West Liberty Index.

I find it concerning that we have not heard from any disabled people regarding the situation that occurred in Atalissa.

Gov. Chet Culver's task force on the Atalissa scandal is refusing to make public some of the e-mails between its members.

Iowa Protection and Advocacy is calling on state officials to close Glenwood Resource Center, the state-run home for 300 disabled children and adults.

Here's a look at how some Iowans and groups fared during the 2009 legislative session: WINNERS Flood victims: Money flowed like -well, you know - for housing assistance, community rebuilding efforts, business aid, a new flood center aimed at improved river monitoring.

The first classes taught in West Liberty were not taught in a school but in somebody's home.