Clarinda News

A mental health facility has been located in Mount Pleasant since soldiers were fighting the War Between the States and Abraham Lincoln was president.

Iowa Western Community College reported record enrollment numbers for the fall semester, continuing a trend of impressive growth at the college.

The cobra, the lunge and the modified side plank are helping residents of southwest Iowa increase their energy while decreasing stress and tension throughout their bodies.

Hunter Fuerste's American Vintage Orchestra celebrates 10 years of his group performing big band music with three concerts at the Grand Opera House Oct.

Clarinda, Ia. - Part of the argument made Monday for saving the Clarinda Mental Health Institute is that it could help ease the overpopulation of mentally ill people in Iowa's prisons.

Jan Moses of Clarinda and more than 200 of her friends will be celebrating a very special golden anniversary on Saturday, Oct.

The scrutiny that could lead to closure has pitted Iowa's four mental health institutes - and the communities that surround them - against one another.

John Smith of Clarinda has realized there's only one thing he can control in the economic recession in Iowa and the rest of the country, so he controls his attitude.

Elsie Negley of Clarinda enjoyed a very special June. Negley, 98, celebrated the birth of her first great-great-grandchild on June 18 and eight days later, on June 26, her 13th great-grandchild was born.

Note: The western Iowa football schedule for tonight, with selections by World-Herald prep rater Kevin White in bold type.

An Iowa man accused of kidnapping two young bobcats from the wild has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession and animal neglect.

Brad Andrews hopes he has finally found a cure for his recessionary blues. He keeps the cure in his backpack.

Clarinda, Ia. - U.S. Rep. Steve King argued Tuesday that loopholes in health care legislation in Congress would allow illegal immigrants access to federal health benefits, despite language in the bill specifically banning undocumented residents from participating.

A southwest Iowa trailer manufacturer has shut down its operations, putting more than 100 people out of work in the Clarinda area, officials said Friday.

CLARINDA, Iowa a ' The St. Joseph Mustangs scored 14 runs in the ninth inning, overcoming a six-run deficit to post a 16-8 victory over Clarinda.

Coming off a two game road trip to at Clarinda, Iowa, the Junction City Generals were back at Rathert Stadium Thursday night to take on the Chillicothe Mudcats.

Organizers of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society in Clarinda, Iowa want to toot his horn a little louder with a new museum to honor the former big band leader and Iowa native.

West Branch, Ia. - OK, fine, the popular and well-known 'From Ackley to Zwingle' is a clever and interesting book that describes how places in Iowa got their names.

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP , today announced new agreements for patient lifts and lateral transfer devices have been awarded to ArjoHuntleigh of Addison, Ill.; EZ Way, Inc.

The City of Clarinda, Iowa, will be honored this week by EPA Region 7 and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a series of drinking water system improvements that are providing benefits to its citizens and to customers of a nearby rural water district in southwestern Iowa's Page County.