Shell Rock News

Heavy hitters will add magic to the sixth annual Project AWARE river cleanup, which starts Saturday and runs through Saturday, Aug.

Combines are rolling in Northeast Iowa as the oat harvest is well under way. Though two weeks later than normal, farmers are generally pleased with the results.

The rich pitch of a bagpipe played by Pete Purvis brought fans to their feet Friday as Celtic band Gaelic Storm took the stage at Iowa Irish Fest in Waterloo.

Mother Nature has damaged buildings and budgets in about 20 percent of Iowa's public school districts since May, education officials said Tuesday.

Schools normally take years to plan and build. Officials in Waverly-Shell Rock, however, are working to organize an elementary in just two months.

Finding a home seemed impossible to Chris Hoefer last month. After the flood, the father of three searched in vain for rental housing for his family, which also includes girlfriend Renee, her two children, and ...

The Butler County Conservation Board is pleased to announce that two of their county parks have re-opened for public use.

As the waters rose over Waverly last month, it rained cats and dogs at Scott and Tara Dewey's rural outpost on Highway 3. The couple's home was high and dry, but it was flooded with displaced residents' pets.

As the waters rose over Waverly last month, it rained cats and dogs at Scott and Tara Dewey's rural outpost on Highway 3. The couple's home was high and dry, but it was flooded with displaced residents' pets.

He tracks his years of service by counting fire trucks and reviewing advances in firefighting equipment.

A Waverly resident was killed Wednesday afternoon after apparently losing control of her motorcycle.

Courtesy photo - 521 luminaries lined the Waverly-Shell Rock High School track. A threat of impending storms could not stop Bremer and Butler counties' cancer survivors and their supporters from heading outside ...

The Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center has moved to the Waverly Public Library.

As the waters rose over Waverly last month, it rained cats and dogs at Scott and Tara Dewey's rural outpost on Highway 3. The couple's home was high and dry, but it was flooded with displaced residents' pets.

Virgil and Diane Goodrich surveyed the broad hole and mounds of concrete, wood and furniture remnants that once constituted their split-level home.

Two Butler County parks recently reopened for public use after last month's record flood.

Waverly pharmacist Ryan Frerichs succeeds attorney Keith Collins as 2008-09 president of the Waverly Rotary Club.

Disaster Food Assistance Available For Butler County Residents Impacted by the June 2008 Floods An extension was given to Butler County residents to apply for food assistance effective July 7, 2008 benefits ...

Emergency Conservation Program Announced Butler County FSA has received approval to implement the Emergency Conservation Program .

Last Day to Enroll with FEMA is July 12 The last day of operation for the Mobile Disaster Recovery Center located at the Veterans Memorial Building in Parkersburg will be Saturday, July 12, 2008.