Epworth News

Alvin McDermott, of Bernard, Iowa, jokes with friends on his float as he waits for Fillmore's first Fourth of July parade to begin Sunday.

PEOSTA, Iowa - A Monticello man was hospitalized after being buried up to his neck following a construction accident Monday morning in Peosta.

FARLEY, Iowa -- Where do you store a 32,000-book collection? Dubuque County Librarian Becky Heil now is faced with that question as the Aug.

FARLEY, Iowa -- Jean Volkens has grown tired of seeing her four Petersburg grandchildren endure two-hour bus rides each day, to and from their elementary school in Epworth.

Waupeton, Iowa, once featured prime recreational facilities. In the near future, those facilities could be restored.

Officials and civic leaders in Dubuque County communities should use the next several months to explore sharing more library services, funding fairly and best serving all residents.

QUESTION: How can we get recycling services in the trailer parks? ANSWER: It is actually quite simple for a person to get recycling services in a trailer park.

The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors has offered its opinion on where to house the county library's headquarters before Tuesday night's Library Board of Trustees meeting in Farley.

Cameron Wiley , 11, and his brother, Brennan, 13, play on the public computers at the Dubuque County Library in Farley, Iowa.

EPWORTH, Iowa -- The cities of Asbury and Epworth have made their cases. Now, the future of the Dubuque County Library's headquarters rests in the hands of both trustees and elected officials.

The 10th annual WMT Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade is just about set to roll for this summer, with the Dubuque County Fairgrounds selected as the 2009 registration headquarters.

June 4-6: Citywide garage sales. June 5-6: Summer Farm Toy Show at the National Farm Toy Museum and Beckman High School.

She grew up on horses. Kali Schilling can remember riding horses on trail rides with her mother, Karen, as a child.

The Rev. Paul LaForge has spent 73 years in a classroom as a student and teacher.

Joshua Klopfenstein , of Dubuque, received a University of Wisconsin-Platteville Community Scholarship for $130, for Dubuque Senior High School, through the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation.

Donna Silker , executive director of the Dubuque County Youth Safe Coalition, shows the new carpet pool game to Jane DeShaw, of Dyersville, Iowa, during an open house Thursday for the newly remodeled Epworth Community Youth Center.

EPWORTH, Iowa -- Western Dubuque High School students are striving to end the use of the "R-word" -- "retard" -- in casual conversation, by participating in the Special Olympics' youth-led effort "Spread the Word to End the Word 3.31.09." The initiative seeks to raise awareness about individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Donations for the Seton Catholic School Capitol Campaign can be mailed to 10801 Sundown Road, Peosta, Iowa 52068.

EPWORTH, Iowa -- Epworth Mayor Pro-Tem Jason Putz will serve as acting mayor in Epworth.

EPWORTH, Iowa -- A local Iowa Army National Guard infantry unit lost a good friend Wednesday.