Miles News

A Cedar Rapids man was injured when the pickup he was driving crashed into a farm field north of Mount Vernon early Friday.

Laura L. Stoll, age 95, of Augusta, Georgia, formerly of the Preston and Miles, Iowa, area, died Monday, November 16, 2009, in Georgia.

A Gilbert Henry Moeller, 81, of rural Bryant, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the Alverno Health Care Facility in Clinton, Iowa.

The last in a series of Civil War-related programs will be presented by Marion "Junior" Miller of Bellevue at 2 p.m. Nov.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE DRIVER DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL BELLEVUE CITY WORKERS FRANTICALLY WAVED HIM DOWN ON TUESDAY BEFORE HE ENTERED THE TOWN.

Marla Daniels will be the keynote speaker for the 16th annual Images & Information show.

Miles, Iowa, woman fighting a battle against incurable cancer will tell her story in Dubuque.

Tickets: $30, $40 and $50. Visit www.Diamondjo.com. Must be 21. Great River Threshers Today, Saturday and Sunday, Threshers grounds, Miles, Iowa Events begin at 6:30 p.m. today with a parade and live music; 10 a.m. Saturday with thresher demonstrations, children's activities; 7 p.m. talent show and dance; 7 a.m. Sunday breakfast followed by church ...

Etta Culver checks the gender of a baby chick at Schlecht Hatchery in Miles, Iowa, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.

Title: COUSINS TURN TRADITIONAL BROOM-MAKING INTO AN ART FORM Bits of straw blew as Daniel Jepsen of Great River Brooms lowered a steel blade and trimmed the uneven ends of a kitchen broom in the making.