Earlham News

Earlham, Ia. - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver traveled through central and western Iowa Wednesday in an antique train car draped in red, white and blue bunting, but sidestepped suggestions the rail promotional tour looked like a campaign event.

Two Rivers Insurance Services of Burlington has merged with Premium Business Insurance in Waukee.

This year, to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee, the annual Lord Mayor's celebrations promise to be better than ever.

Earlham, Ia. - A man died Sunday after his car collided head-on with a semitrailer truck in Dallas County, the Iowa State Patrol said.

An unidentified person is dead following a nearly head on collision on Interstate 80 near mile marker 104 west of Des Moines.

Regarding Clarence Swartz's May 11 letter asking, 'Why do farmers continue to farm around old buildings, brush piles and rock piles...?' Brush piles will decay and return to the soil or may serve as a source of fuel.

In fact, according to a study by Michigan State University, a well-designed and maintained landscape improves a home's value by 12 percent over comparable homes.

The man who has helped to turn around Earlham High School in Norwich will stay at the helm if it becomes an academy later this year, it was announced today.

Congratulations to six Iowans for being recipients of these National Child Care Teacher Awards this year.

Here are reactions from four people who attended Tuesday's public hearing in the Iowa House on legislation aimed at ending deductibility of federal income tax payments in figuring state income tax bills: KELLI SOYER, executive director of the Iowa chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

CLEAN UP: Help clean up Brown's Woods in Polk County from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, April 4, followed by a cook-out provided by the Huntmaster's Club.

Timothy Orr is the new adjutant general of the Iowa Army National Guard, and Preston Daniels is the new director of the Iowa Department of Human Rights.

For an unprecedented third year in a row, ABC5 Weather has been awarded the WeatheRate seal of approval as the most accurate television weather forecasting team in Central Iowa.

Earlham High School, Norwich. STEVE DOWNES 06 March 2009 06:22 The price of democracy in Norfolk was in the spotlight last night as it emerged that only 118 people responded to a massive public consultation ...

KCCI Cares About the Community...That's why we pitch in with 'Project Mainstreet!' For more than 20 years we've been helping improve Iowa communities by awarding five $3,000 grants each spring! Then we come ...

A farm worker was hurt Friday morning when a train collided with his farm vehicle.

The drive to turn Earlham High into Norfolk's second academy school looks safe - despite Norwich City College falling short of one of the key guidelines to qualify as lead sponsor.

'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.' Chris Adkins read the first words of Aldo Leopold's classic 'A Sand County Almanac' in college 30 years ago and realized he cannot.

BLUE BEAUTY: Eryngium a Blue Star,a TM a silver-blue-tinged plant, and a blue fescuea TMs golden wheat-colored seed heads provide a subtle contrast.

Plans for a second academy school in Norfolk have moved a step closer. Schools Secretary Ed Balls has backed the project, which would see Earlham High in Norwich demolished and A 20m-plus spent on a new ...