Lisbon News

Posted on Nov 12, 2009 by admin . Cedar County officials still don't have any leads in searching for whoever's responsible for throwing large rocks at semi-trailer trucks along Highway 30 near Lisbon Wednesday night.

The Meskwaki High School will be a host site for the first two rounds of the Class 1A Region 7 Volleyball tournement.

A tragic mistake. An Iowa National Guard member accidentally shoots himself. The shooting happened early Monday morning at the Granite Valley Apartments on the northeast side of Cedar Rapids.

Lisbon Community School District says they have a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu virus.

Posted on Aug 17, 2009 by Admin . Mount Vernon Sun publisher and editor Jake Krob leaves a message for a source on a school board local option sales tax on Thursday, Aug.

Before Judge Marsha L. Beckelman: Barry Dean Alger, 50, Lisbon, Iowa, entered a written guilty plea to a charge of 3rd degree theft.

A string of burglaries and armed robberies have hit the Mount Vernon area in the past month -- and police are still trying to figure it out.

A controversial highway project is back on the table. The Department of Transportation is looking to build a four lane bypass that would route traffic around Mount Vernon and Lisbon.

Posted on Jul 29, 2009 by Admin . The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Thursday on a construction preservation zone along the proposed Mount Vernon-Lisbon bypass on Highway 30.

Authorities are investigating a robbery at the Dollar General on Highway 30 in Lisbon.

Roland L. "Rolly" Frink, 77, of Marion, died Thursday, July 9, 2009, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

LISBON -- On those hot, sticky summer days, Scott Ervin reaches for a cold hard cider.

Julia Mae Puffer Jack, 93, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 10, 2009, surrounded by her family.

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Margaret Elaine MacBeth Suri, 82, died in her Mount Vernon home, Monday, May 25, 2009, from natural causes.

Acie Russell Grisham, 90, of Lisbon, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Hallmark Care and Rehabilitation Center, Mount Vernon.

Maxine Elizabeth Stine, 94, of Lisbon, died Friday, March 13, 2009, at Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab Center.

One town's annual event has a temporary addition this year. Cedar Rapids police officer Tim Davis continues to recover after being assaulted last month.

A Cedar county woman accused of horse neglect pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.

Adam J. Christenson, 18, of Lisbon, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he brought knives and a pair of brass knuckles to Mount Vernon Community School intending to assault a student, police said.