Sheldahl News

This is not, as legislative years go, looking like a particularly fun year for leadership in the Iowa House.

Long-time Pleasant Hill mayor Phil Hildebrand, 78, was ousted Tuesday in a bid for re-election, garnering the least votes among the three candidates.

In tiny Sheldahl, pop. 317, four candidates for mayor were not enough for the community on the corners of Polk, Boone and Story counties.

Coming up with $2 million after the budget was already set isn't easy. Doing it with restrictions - both legal and self-imposed - makes it that much harder.

For the first time since the Ottumwa school district's attendance policy went into effect, the rules are being relaxed in order to help keep illness out of the schools.

Flu cases in southeast Iowa have exploded in the past several days, part of a trend that has state health officials saying the flu is now widespread.

Educators have suffered cuts before. But not like the 10 percent across-the-board cuts proposed by Gov.

After lengthy discussion and taking input from residents, the Polk City City Council has directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance banning the burning of yard waste.

A number of North Polk school board candidates said they have had campaign signs stolen in the past few weeks.

Educating kids takes a lot more than books and buses. But to get what they need from the state, school districts will focus on just a few priorities.