La Porte City News

A volunteer dance board of directors reviews requests each fall and distributes as to the needs of each program.

La Porte City Telephone Company is partnering with the community to help local residents in need with a local food drive.

This morning, PETA sent letters to La Porte Mayor Barry Beasley and the La Porte City Council as well as to Pasadena Mayor Johnny Isbell and the Pasadena City Council urging them to enact legislation that would ban the use of bullhooks, electric prods, and other devices commonly used to inflict pain on elephants.

On Thursday, November 12, select La Porte City businesses will be hosting the 2nd Annual Chocolate Walk.

Because the holiday season can be a challenging time for families who have lost a loved one, the staff at La Porte City Funeral Service invites the families they have served in the past year to attend a special pre-holiday gathering on Thursday, November 19 at the La Porte City Community Center .

The Iowa Lions Club and Area Education Agency 267 are joining forces to screen hearing and vision for preschool age children.

An early morning accident on I-380 sends a semi driver to the hospital. It happened near the Jesup and La Porte City exit near mile marker 55.

A La Porte City woman is in jail on charges she stole money from the La Porte City Utility Company.

Area seniors are invited to the La Porte City Senior Center on October 30th to trick or treat fun from 9:45-12:00. Join in the costume contest, Wii tournament, funny fotos, witch toss, bingo, faux apple bob, prizes, SURPRISES, and much, much, more.

This year's quilt to be raffled off by La Porte City San Diego American Legion Post #207 is called 'Birchwood Lane' and has been pieced and hand quilted by Anne Kaiser and her daughter, Mandie Wildeboer, of La Porte City.

Farm Bureau Financial Services agent Teresa J. Meyer, located at 205 Main Street, La Porte City & 413 1st Avenue, Vinton, is expanding her practice to include comprehensive financial planning.

The Iowa Bankers Association recognized Norm Timson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cedar Valley Bank and Trust, La Porte City and Vinton, Iowa, for more than 50 years of service to the banking industry.

Irving Penn, a virtuosic photographer widely known for his spare, formalized images of fashion models and who brought the same striking technique to portraiture of celebrities, anonymous tradesmen and violent motorcycle gangs, died Wednesday at his home in New York City.

Peg Mullen, an Iowa farm wife who made herself a living symbol of loss after her son was killed in Vietnam, as she sharply questioned the military's explanations and became an outspoken antiwar crusader, died Friday in La Porte City, Iowa.

The La Porte City FFA Historical and Ag Museum's Fall Festival held Sunday, September 27th was a great success.

"Mrs. Mullen's militancy never abated. At 74, she rode a bus for 38 hours to protest the first Persian Gulf war.

A benefit to assist the Roger and Kristi Struve family of Mt. Auburn is planned for Sunday, October 18.

Peg Mullen, a former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find out the truth about her son's death in Vietnam, has died.

The La Porte City Board of Adjustment has a vacancy that needs to be filled for the remainder of the current term, which expires July 2011.

In honor of National Fall Prevention Day, La Porte City Nursing & Rehab Center along with Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging, will be having a seminar on Fall Prevention at the La Porte City Community Center on Wed.