Dunkerton News

Simpson College senior Joe Cummings was away from his hometown of Maxwell on his birthday, but he still got his favorite dessert - butterscotch brownies - thanks to Becky Spencer, the cook at his fraternity.

The City of Dunkerton is getting $98,000 to help build a new library. The funds were approved by the Vision Iowa Board on Thursday.

A crop duster crashed south of Dunkerton Tuesday afternoon. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Deputies say they responded at 1:52 p.m. to the crash 5 1/2 miles south of the Black Hawk County community in a cornfield.

A crop duster crashed south of Dunkerton Tuesday afternoon. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Deputies say they responded at 1:52 p.m. to the crash 5 1/2 miles south of the Black Hawk County community in a cornfield.

The economy has put a damper on a lot of Iowa families' plans for vacations this summer, but, Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge says she has a solution.

Federal disaster money will go to two eastern Iowa communities not directly hit by a deadly tornado.

Two northeast Iowa towns not directly hit by deadly tornados last year have received $50,000 each for rebuilding efforts.

The blocks-long line to get into Ed Thomas' visitation Sunday is yet another testament to the popularity of the slain football coach and to the esteem in which the community holds his memory.

Gov. Chet Culver announced funding Tuesday for seven Iowa communities impacted by tornados in 2008.