Bernard News

Alvin McDermott, of Bernard, Iowa, jokes with friends on his float as he waits for Fillmore's first Fourth of July parade to begin Sunday.

Richard Fischer, of Bernard, Iowa, stopped by a protest in 2005 and found that he really enjoyed the people that occasionally stand on the corner of Sixth and Locust streets in downtown Dubuque to protest against war.

A Dubuque man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday in Dubuque. Harvey N. Frye, 76, of 1490 Tower Drive, was transported to Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, where he was treated and released.

Siblings Dennis Schueller , Alice Ostwinkle and Pat Graff all share the same birthday.

Twenty-eight-year-old James Bernardi of 1139 Queen Street East, Apartment 408, is facing a big mess of criminal charges after police found him this morning behind the wheel of a crashed vehicle on Birch Street.

At only 11 years old, Mattie Perry travels the country doing a trick horse act. She and her horse jump over a bull, ride on a seesaw and complete a fire jump.

Two murder trials involving shootings last summer in Rock Island are scheduled to start today in Rock Island County Circuit Court.