Griswold News

How much is too much? Holiday lights abound at this time of year. But it makes us wonder: Is there such a thing as too many lights decorating a house? Do you prefer a few tasteful lights or full-on Griswoldian decorations? Send your thoughts to backtalk@jacksonville.com . Happy birthday If today is your birthday, you're in good company.

Do you know any houses with AWESOME holiday decorations? CITY Newspaper wants to know too! This year City will be putting together an online-only guide to outrageously decorated homes in the Greater Rochester area, and we need your help to do it.

Commuters fight their way to work at 8:30 this morning on the main street in Griswold, Iowa, where I am participating today in the Iowa Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation Farm Tax School.

Griswold - Air Force Airman John T. Smith graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Griswold - A Norwich widow who drove a 15-year-old Ford Fiesta and lived in a modest ranch house for more than half a century left $1.5 million to endow a foundation to benefit Griswold High School students, the Dime Bank announced Tuesday.

Griswold, Ia. - A minister has put together a Facebook group in support of Tracey Dyess, an Iowa woman imprisoned for 45 years for setting a fatal fire.

Griswold, Ia. - A minister has put together a Facebook group in support of Tracey Dyess, an Iowa woman imprisoned for 45 years for setting a fatal fire.

Today I leave on a 10-day old-fashioned family road-trip vacation. We are loading up the family truckster and embarking on a 2,500 mile excursion that will take us through Nashville, Asheville, Winston-Salem, and up to Washington D.C. with the ultimate goal of taking my kids to see Paul McCartney in concert.

Three Iowa teenagers have been arrested in connection with what police described as planned attack on a Cumberland resident.

Dordt College dorm construction starts SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Earth has been turned for a new apartment-style residence hall on the campus of Dordt College, in Sioux Center, Iowa.

One man is dead and five others hurt after a pickup collided with a van near Griswold, Iowa.

One person was killed and several injured in eastern Pottawattamie County Thursday night when a van hit a pickup truck head-on. The crash happened just west of Griswold on Highway 92.

Getting a buyout has become an act of patience. "Going through all of this is an act of patience, it just keeps building more," said Laurie Barrick.

Marty Roenigk, 68, co-owner of the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa and the 1905 Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle accident in southeast Iowa near the community of Griswold.

Investigators said one person was killed and five others injured in a Thursday night crash in eastern Pottawattamie County.

The annual a oeYouthtopiaa field day is the centerpiece among all the variety of events offered by the Griswold Youth Center, the cornerstone of the towna s programs designed to engage youngsters when they are not in school.

Jessica and Kaleb Dyess are innocent victims. There are lots of other victims in the tragic story of Tracey Dyess, but none are innocent.