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Omaha, NE-The Scoular Company announced June 12 its acquisition of the assets of Hancock Elevator, Inc .

Blame it on the wild weather. Heavy rains and flooding have made it tough for Tracey Butler of Neola to train outdoors in preparation for RAGBRAI.

Arrowhead Park, Neola, announces its annual Kids' Fishing Derby. This event runs from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 7. Children must be under 16 years of age to participate in the derby.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a man in Neola in southwest Iowa.

TEAM SCORING 1. tie, Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Mid-Prairie 36; 3. Pekin 25; 4., Monticello 23; 5. West Liberty 19; 6. Davenport Assumption 18. via Des Moines Register

“He throws it pretty straight and hard.”

When I was a freshman in high school, spring 1943, we practiced baseball in a pasture. via Des Moines Register

“They've been arguing back and forth for quite awhile. It wasn't just a freak accident, one time.”

The price of a set of pickup tires can be a couple hundred bucks. A set of used tires missing from a pickup in a backyard may have sparked a fight that cost a life, authorities said Friday. via Omaha World-Herald

A man was killed Thursday night after a fight involving baseball bats and knives in Neola. via KCCI

A man was killed Thursday night after a fight involving baseball bats and knives in Neola, Iowa. via KETV

“From what we knew from what the interviews that we did we felt that was the appropriate charge at that time. Now, if we find something different we want to make sure we get to the truth no matter what it is.”

Authorities are investigating a homicide in Neola, the first that anyone there can remember. via WOWT-TV Omaha

Neola, Ia. -- Craig Mathew Larson, 40, of Neola, was stabbed to death Thursday evening in an altercation in the Pottawattamie County town. via Des Moines Register

A stabbing victim was flown to an Omaha hospital in extremely critical condition Thursday night after being injured in northeastern Pottawattamie County. via WOWT-TV Omaha

“In the metro, we'll have around 42 plows out.”

Three women are killed in just one of many crashes across the area Sunday night. via Action 3 News

“We're (Christensens) just the beginning. They are the middle and the end.”

Submitted photo - Sculptor Russ Christensen's "Eagles of Pottawattamie County" are unique to each community, but share a bronze bald eagle that's 42 inches high on a 4-foot-high brick base or pillar. via Daily Nonpareil

“People would bring their livestock in, and the train would transport the livestock to Omaha”

Just like the days of the year, the residents of Persia, located north of Neola on Iowa Highway 191, number 365. via Daily Nonpareil

“If all goes well, we anticipate being able to offer services to customers in late summer or early fall of 2008.”

Pictured from left to right, is HMU board chair person Al Burchett; president of Walnut Communications Bruce Heyne and president of HMU's board, Randy Doran. via Atlantic News-Telegraph

Neola's Old-Fashioned Christmas celebration concludes on Sunday with the annual tour of homes. via Daily Nonpareil

“I can only do about three eagles a year”

Russell Christensen is a man with an ambitious desire to say thank you. The Neola-based bronze artist is uniting Pottawattamie County with a "3 by 5" plan: bronze eagle monuments in three towns each year for ... via Daily Nonpareil

“We had a previous case out in Walnut that resulted in a death”

A 15-year-old Neola girl was injured last Friday evening when she fell from the hood of a moving vehicle - and, according to authorities, she is lucky to have survived. via Daily Nonpareil

“I learn something new every day. I tell the kids, they give me tingles every day”

Elizabeth Lyons has been teaching art to children for 20 years and said she still loves going to work. via Daily Nonpareil