Avoca News

Elm Street in downtown Avoca is going through a transformation, the Avoca Streetscape Project, with completion of the first phase expected in the next couple of weeks.

The election isn't over yet in the Iowa towns of Hastings and Avoca. The fifth open seat on the Hastings City Council is stuck in a three-way tie involving Dustin Crouse, Kendra Copperstone and Ryan Campbell.

John Pedersen, or "Big John," might have taken a 35-year hiatus from country music, but if the Old Time Country Music Jamboree is any indicator, he's picking up right where he left off.

The Pottawattamie sheriff needs your help finding an unlucky burglary suspect. On July 8th, the suspect entered the Corn Crib Convenience Store in Shelby, Iowa and sprayed the security cameras with black paint.

Southwest Iowa schools are trying to close the digital divide, capture student attention and prepare kids for an increasingly technological world by giving them nonstop access to their own laptops.

Some small towns are re-evaluating their mechanisms for survival as automakers are being forced to cut ties to the towns' usual lifelines -- local dealerships.

Local General Motors employees endured with anxiety Friday what they called "the longest day" of their lives as the automaker was set to notify dealers whether they would be part of the 1,100 eliminations nationwide.