Oelwein News

Friends and relatives of U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth Nichols said the eastern Illinois soldier died Tuesday in Afghanistan.

Photo: Courtesy of the authors. Nick Reding's extraordinary Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town is a long-form look at how methamphetamine warped the fabric of Oelwein, Iowa .

Automated Enforcement locations CEDAR RAPIDS, The Cedar Rapids Police Department in cooperation with the Traffic Engineering Department and the Iowa Department of Transportation have selected the automated enforcement locations for the City of Cedar Rapids.

'About 50 share ideas for Mount Pleasant during economic development forum. By JOHN VAN NOSTRAND jvannostrand@thehawkeye.com MOUNT PLEASANT -- There is more to economic development in this Henry County town than the 13 people serving on the Area Development Commission.

University of Iowa graduate teaching assistant Kate Karacay had a question for the middle school students in front of her Tuesday: What is a human right? Human rights could cover everything from education to voting to freedom, and according to some, health care, she said.

Fire crews are investigating an early morning fire in Oelwein. It happened just before three o'clock Sunday morning at the Yankee Scoreboard hotel that's in the 100 block of South Frederick Avenue.

Authorities in Fayette County have filed a felony charge against Robert Conner, 42, in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Authorities in Fayette County say they have filed felony charges against an Oelwein resident in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Journalist Nick Reding's 2009 book "Methland" described the struggles the Oelwein community had with residents who had a methamphetamine habit.

Oelwein residents explain their community's battle against methamphetamines Posted: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Three prominent members of the Oelwein community on Thursday visited Luther College to describe their community's struggle against methamphetamine use.

WATERLOO A call of duty for 3500 soldiers from the Iowa National Guard. Troops are being alerted for potential mobilization to Afghanistan.

Crews are on scene of a fire that broke out in a downtown Postville bakery late Saturday morning.

Posted on Sep 28, 2009 by orlanlove . A group takes a tour of one of two closed wings at the Cromwell Childrena s Unit at Independence Mental Health Institute as part of the MHI Task Force meeting in Independence, September 28, 2009.

Posted on Sep 29, 2009 by orlanlove . The former Tyson plant in Independence is shown in this March 2006 file photo.

September 28, 2009 One woman's idea to help flood victims takes off in a big way.

When parents hold their child for the first time, they feel a new sense of joy and the intense desire to protect that child.

A therapy dog stolen from an Oelwein retirement home has been returned. 8-year-old Sasha disappeared from the Oelwein Health Care Center last week, and while folks there thought that she may have been stolen, they weren't sure until today.

It's much quieter than usual at the Oelwein Care Facility, and its the silence that has the people here worried sick.

The family of an eastern Iowa soldier killed in Iraq is putting a very special gift on display.

Waterloo, Ia. - Authorities have begun to round up suspects named in connection with a million-dollar methamphetamine ring that operated in Iowa and Arizona.