Eddyville News

Linda Theresa Mathias, the woman accused of systematically vandalizing a grave in Eddyville, has pleaded not guilty in the case.

By an overwhelming majority, those readers who answered this past week's Question of the Week: Do you think Halloween costumes are getting out of hand? answered YES.

Here's an e-mail making it's way around: An Iowa boy John Gebhardt works at the Cargill plant in Eddyville, Iowa.

Snow flurries may have swirled around outside Saturday morning, but Penn Central Mall was buzzing with activity as children and parents enjoyed Kidtoberfest.

"And the King will answer and say to them 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to me." ~ Matthew 25:40 An email is circulating with the picture to the right of John Gebhardt of the United States Airforce holding a 4-year old Iraqi girl with the following story.

Carter Claver had a stroke when he was 15 months old, and his parents are holding a benefit auction Sunday to raise money for his treatment.

Eddyville, IAa ' Cargill 's Eddyville Corn Milling complex, known for the 50-plus flags that grace its entry gates to symbolize the countries to which it exports, has added an additional flag, slightly taller than the rest: the "Star" banner of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 's Voluntary Protection Program .

When disaster strikes, it'd be handy to have a Girl Scout nearby. At least, one of the girls who went through a two-day disaster training camp.

When disaster strikes, it'd be handy to have a Girl Scout nearby. At least, one of the girls who went through a two-day disaster training camp.

In just a few years time, a heavily traveled two-lane Heartland highway could see some big improvements.

Hundreds of teens from across the country are lending a helping hand to financially and physically disabled residents in southeast Iowa.

Despite the urging of supporters, the Oskaloosa City Council voted to return funding to the Mahaska County Emergency Management Office back to $1 per capita.

The town's library has many supporters, and Friends of the Library, a nonprofit group, wanted to thank them.

O.B. Nelson Post 3 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 775 will host a Memorial Day service at the Ottumwa Park shelter house at 10 a.m. Monday.

They found the best man for the job. After a closed-session Oskaloosa City Council meeting this past Saturday, Michael Schrock Jr.