Mediapolis News

Mark Lieurance was among friends as he leaned against a partition in a former dairy barn he helped renovate into an education center at Starr's Cave Park and Preserve near Burlington.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Ridgon's sermon "The Beetle in Your Box" at the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.

The following schools have been canceled for today . * Burlington Public and Notre Dame Schools * Carousel Preschool * Central Lee * Clark County R1 * Danville * Fort Madison Public and Holy Trinity * Good Shepherd Christian Preschool * Great River Christian * Hamilton, Ill.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye John Olenick of Dallas City, Ill., looks in surprise at the intricately cut figure Jason Snyder of Burlington, right, carved into a pencil during the annual Craft Bazaar Saturday at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Marlan McKee of Burlington, a member of the Burlington Model Railroad Engineer's Society, assembles a Pioneer Zephyr model train Sunday under the watchful eyes of Burton Prugh and his grandson, Coulter Fruehling, 6, of Burlington during the club's 15th annual open house in the Bluffdale subdivision of Gladstone, Ill.

But the national Angel Food Ministries food assistance program the Rev. Jane Willan brought to Zion United Church of Christ last month is quite a bit different from most.

Annual Old Stone Church Christmas Service, one mile west of Elder John Deere Implement off U.S. 61, is 2 p.m. Dec.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Benjamin Gerst, 8, of Mediapolis and his mom, Nola Gerst, are entertained by stories from Jessica Michna of Racine, Wis., who was impersonating President John Adams' wife, Abigail Adams, Saturday at the Burlington Public Library.

The stage has been set for a recount of last week's Burlington City Council election.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Mark Larson of Mediapolis, a former Marine who served in Vietnam, left, talks with LeRoy Rosenbury of Burlington, a World War II Army veteran who served in Germany and Italy, during a luncheon Monday in honor of area veterans at the Iowa Workforce Development Center.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Ridgon's sermon, "Alpha and Omega, Rev.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Paul Peters of Wapello, a former Line 1 inspector who worked in the 1950s at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, waits for a screening while attending the Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance Thursday at the Machinist Hall in Middletown.

Where area schools are playing in the substate round. All games begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

A barking dog may have thwarted a disaster when it woke up its owner as smoke started to engulf a home sometime near noon Monday.

A 19-year-old woman from southeast Iowa accused of having sex with two boys will go on trial early next year.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Colton Blankship, 16; Brant Williams, 16; and Shannon Sisco, 16, students in Stacy Rector's Environmental Science class collect recyclables Thursday at Mediapolis High School.

As part of Gov. Chet Culver's 10 percent across-the-board budget cuts Iowa schools will receive $238.5 million less in state aid this fiscal year.

In March, the two opened New Beginnings diet center in Mediapolis featuring the Ideal Protein diet plan.

Kourtney Joy Babcock, 19, formally was charged Wednesday with three counts of third-degree sexual abuse.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Sarah Coates, 6, is held in the arms of her mother, Toni Coates of Mediapolis, as she gets her flu shot from the Des Moines County Health Department Thursday at city hall in Mediapolis.