Bertram News

Here is the list of Memorial Day events across the region that may be of interest to you.

Thomas Clyde "Tom" Merrifield, 62, of Marion, formerly of the Troy Mills area, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at his home.

A knock on the door in the middle of the night. A race to the hospital. An accident that would forever change a family's lives.

Ellen Sunde, 88, of Heritage Nursing and Rehab, died there Thursday, April 23, 2009, after a brief illness.

Officials have determined that a grass fire near Indian Creek Nature Center on Wednesday was intentionally set.

Linn County residents are voting on a 1% local option sales tax to help pay for flood recovery projects.

Polls in Linn County are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today for people to vote on a 1 percent local-option sales tax.

Ballot question - Should your city of residence be authorized to collect a 1 percent local-option sales and services tax from April 1, 2009, until June 30, 2014? Date of election - Tuesday, March 3 Polling ...

Voters throughout Linn County go to the polls March 3 to vote on a local-option sales tax.

Ballot question: Should your city of residence be authorized to collect a 1 percent local-option sales and services tax from April 1, 2009, until June 30, 2014? Each city and the county will say on the ballot ...

KWWL - Release Below: Absentee ballots for the March 3 Local Option Sales and Services Tax special election are available now in the Linn County Elections Office at Westdale Mall.

Federal and state officials are pushing more homeowners to buy flood insurance as an updated map of the Linn County flood plain takes shape.

A City Council majority now favors asking voters to approve a 1 percent local-option sales tax to help the city recover from June's flood.

An Illinois woman was injured Friday night after being thrown from her snowmobile.