Peosta News Archives

EPWORTH, Iowa -- Garry Gansen is glad he's not the only resident interested in a four-year term on the Epworth City Council.

PEOSTA, Iowa -- For more than 30 years, Jim Weydert has been the leader of the city of Peosta.

PEOSTA, Iowa -- Two women were injured Tuesday morning when their vehicle lost control along Sundown Road south of Peosta.

Several campaign signs appear along Peosta Street in Peosta, Iowa. Citizens of area towns came out of the woodwork this year, offering to serve their communities as mayors and on councils.

Dyersville City Council candidates At large Molly Evers Age: 42 Occupation: Payroll clerk, Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa Family: Husband, Jerry, one child Roger Gibbs Age: 54 Occupation: Retired Family: Wife, Lynne, five children Ward 1 Robert Platz Brian Cassidy Age: 29 Occupation: Enrollment Manager, Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta ...

Abigail Dolphin of Peosta, Ia. talks about the third annual Girl Scouts Dream Event held Saturday.

The Dubuque City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. today in the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. Sixth St.

PEOSTA, Iowa -- Fueled by expectation of booming sales, Schieffer Company International LC is planning an expansion at its Peosta plant.

Megan Stecklein, 11, of Peosta, Iowa, speads frosting on her cake during the Girl Scout DREAM Event designed by and for middle school girls to try things they've never done before.

Jim Anderson of Decorah has been elected vice-president of the NICC Board of Trustees.

Katelynn Cook, 11, of Montpelier and Chriss Cooper, 11, of Davenport, spar during the 35th Annual Midwest Tang Soo Do Cahmpionships at the Peosta Community Center Saturday.

A Dubuque man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon. Jeremy K. Minor, 20, of 528 Rhomberg Ave., was transported to The Finley Hospital, where he was treated and released.

The city and the school district are named in the lawsuits. More than two years after an accident in front of Dubuque Hempstead High School claimed the life of Lauren Schmidt and injured her friend, Ryan Glaser, the two families have filed lawsuits against numerous parties.

About 1,200 dictionaries were donated to area third-grade students this year as part of the Dictionary Project, a national organization with a goal of providing a dictionary to every third-grader in the United States.

Seventeen youth represented Iowa at the 2009 National Holstein Convention held in Sacramento, Calif., from June 24 to 30.