Mechanicsville News

The decisions over the next four years will have a big impact on thousands of families in Cedar Rapids.

The first child in Iowa has died of the H1N1 flu virus. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Tuesday that the child died in October and was from eastern Iowa.

Posted on Nov 03, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . © Gazette Communications A woman who accused a major player in Iowa politics of illegal campaign contributions has been charged with attempting to extort $1 million from Iowans for Tax Relief and its co-founder, David Stanley of Muscatine.

Houses on the move in eastern Iowa will be in the spotlight of a reality show. In August, the Jeremy Patterson House Moving Company moved a brick mansion from Mechanicsville to Tipton.

Tucked away on Highway 38, Olin has a gas station and a post office. The main street through town has a handful of shops, bars and eateries to offer its 800 residents.

After losing his two brothers in the last four years, a Mechanicsville man has now lost his home.

A motorcycle crash in Cedar County sends one man to the hospital. The accident happened just after nine o'clock Saturday night near the intersection of First Street & Walnut Street in Mechanicsville.

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

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

One day they were busy homemakers, factory workers or business owners, all outwardly healthy, some only in their 40s or younger.

Velma June Petersen Collins, 75, of Mechanicsville, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, from cancer.

The people were so eager for us to like their state, to which they had great loyalty.

Ashley E. Himes, 17, of Mechanicsville, was called home Monday, April 13, 2009, to be with her Lord, surrounded by her family, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after a courageous battle with cancer.