Garner News

Bill Northey comes to Garner, IA GARNER, IA- I owa secretary of agriculture Bill N or they is talking with people in Hancock County.

A local church is hoping to help out some area non-profits. The Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner will be giving away 40,000 pounds of chicken to those in need.

Business was booming Saturday afternoon at the Old Bank Winery in downtown Kanawha.

Cost: $5 per person. Those 12 and under admitted free with an adult. Shellabration Inc.

A Garner man is dead after losing control of his motorcycle in rural Hancock County.

Community colleges will be the engine powering any economic recovery in Iowa, according to several state legislators.

A new ordinance in Garner will allow police to test teens for alcohol consumption even if containers aren't in plain sight.

Police in a small northern Iowa town can now test teens for alcohol consumption even if they don't see any containers in sight.

Mara Anderson, 8, of Garner, Iowa, pulls Satara out of the judging ring after winning second place in her class, which advances her into the divisional competition class at the Big Texas Shindig 2, an annual show for the North American Limousin Junior Association on Tuesday at the Amarillo National Center.

* Robert Earl Hicks, 50, of 126 S. Howell St. in Davenport, was arrested for drunken driving at 12:09 a.m. July 5 at 4696 Highway 22 S.E. in Johnson County. * Cortez Andrew Seals, 20, of 624 Beach View Drive in Iowa City, was arrested for assault and obstructing emergency communication at 3:14 p.m. June 29 in the 300 block of Finkbine Lane in Iowa City. * Cary Lee Smith, 21, of 2404 Bartelt Road No. 2A in Iowa City, was arrested for domestic assault at 12:18 p.m. July 8 at 200 S. Capitol St. in Iowa City. * Andrea Marie Hrubes, 19, of 355 W. 11th St. in Garner, was arrested for drunken driving at 2:07 a.m. July 9 at Washington and Linn streets in Iowa City. * Shajuan Orlando Johnson, 18, of 1476 S. First Ave. No. 1 in Iowa City, was arrested for first-degree harassment and criminal trespass at 1:53 a.m. July 8 at 2401 Highway 6 E. in Iowa City. * Rachael Frances Marie, 22, of 1205 E. Burlington St. in Iowa City, was arrested for possession of marijuana at 2:50 p.m. June 21 at 1205 E. Burlington St. in Iowa City. * Paul Bernell Morton, Jr., 39, of 633 Beach View Drive in Iowa City, was arrested for possession of marijuana and public intoxication at 5:21 p.m. July 7 at 100 S. Dubuque St. in Iowa City.

Thousands of people came to the Clear Lake Fourth of July parade Saturday morning.

A North Iowa teacher makes a valiant attempt to save his job. On Monday night Kent Mick and about 75 supporters left little doubt he should be spared from the Garner-Hayfield School District's budget ax As one of a number of students put it, "It's the way you can talk to him about anything." "Mister Mick cares about his students and their ...

Hancock County, IA- The Hancock County Sheriff's Office is receiving calls about some suspicious people possibly approaching children.

Iowa State University landscape architecture seniors construct a garden shed for the memory care garden they designed for the dementia-care wing of the Presbyterian Village in Ackley.

Northern Iowa librarians credit the tanking economy for rising library use. Mason City Public Library director Mary Markwalter says library use was up 6% in the second half of 2008.

The Albert Lea Wa-tan-ye Service Club hosted the spring meeting of District III and IV clubs of the Association of Wa-tan-ye Clubs Inc.

Renwick, Ia. -The three-year federal case against John Worman was built on a small-town postmaster's suspicion, a robot's help and a visit to an online auction house, where investigators found an antique radio that helped them understand the bomb that was intended for the Garner man's former boss.

Mason City, IA- It's an experience no one wants to go through. Imagine losing a limb then finding out your insurance company is covering only a fraction of the cost for a prosthetic.