Olin News

A new co-op is preventing some teachers from being laid off from at least one Eastern Iowa district.

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.

An Olin, Iowa, man was arrested on a charge of drunken driving after repeatedly slamming into a building and concrete wall in Dubuque.

Things are returning to normal in Olin after the entire town was evacuated for an anhydrous ammonia leak at the local co-op. According to the Jones County Sheriff's office, the leak happened about 9:30 on Sunday night at the River Valley Co-Op on the south side of town.

Posted on Oct 06, 2009 by Admin . The Jones County Sheriff says Sunday night's anhydrous ammonia leak that threatened a town was not an accident.

Residents of this eastern Iowa town returned home early Monday after being evacuated for several hours because of a chemical leak.

A whole town forced to evacuate in the middle of the night. Now the sheriff's department is looking for the cause of an anhydrous ammonia leak from the River Valley Co-op in Olin.

Posted on Oct 05, 2009 by orlanlove . Firefighters and hazmat crews on the scene of an anhydrous ammonia leak at the River Valley Co-op on Highway 38 on the south side of Olin on Sunday, October 4, 2009.

There is an anhydrous leak just outside of the Olin city limits south of town. Jones County Emergency management is evacuating homes on the southwest side of the city first and is not allowing any access to the town of Olin.

Residents of the eastern Iowa town of Olin returned home early Monday after being evacuated for several hours because of a chemical leak.

Three fire departments responded to a structure fire in rural Jones County Monday morning.

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Jeanne Schnepp The woman rescued Monday from the Wapsipinicon River is keeping quiet about her ordeal.

Carol F. Bendixen, 62, of Olin, Iowa, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at her home. A Celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at St.

Carol F. Bendixen, 62, of Olin, Iowa, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at her home. A Celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at St.