Belle Plaine News

Julie Ann Chmielewski returned to God on June 5, 2013, at JourneyCare Hospice in Barrington, Illi., due to scleroderma, with her loving family by her side.

After a stellar business career spanning more than six decades and wide acclaim, Henry Tippie continues to hold eastern Iowa high in his mind and heart.

"I'd been throwing the idea around for about a year. It basically came about when I drove through towns like Belle Plaine and Grinnell and thought:""Why Doesn't Tama-Toledo have curbside recycling?"" said Eric Haughey.

BELLE PLAINE, Iowa - The Belle Plaine City Council has been asked about letting people raise some chickens inside the east-central Iowa city.