Shellsburg News

Posted on Nov 05, 2009 by Spencer Willems . Linn County Sheriff's deputies investigate a three-car accident that occurred at around 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov.

More than 12,000 homes and business lost power Tuesday night just before 9 p.m. All quadrants of the Cedar Rapids including many surrounding towns from Palo to Vinton and as far north as Shellsburg went dark.

Posted on Sep 27, 2009 by Spencer Willems . Byline Benton County Sheriff's deputies and emergency workers investigate the scene of the crash.

Posted on Sep 25, 2009 by Admin . Two people are dead after an accident this afternoon in rural Benton County.

State and federal officials will hold a flood forum in Johnston that will be broadcast live to sites in Elkader, Iowa City, Vinton and Waterloo.

The lights are still on in Shellsburg thanks to a massive sandbagging effort. "We're trying to sandbag it to keep the water out.

A fight among a group of teens in Benton County ends in a stabbing. The Shellsburg Police Department says a 17 year old boy was stabbed in the arm with a screwdriver after arguing with a group of other teens.

An armed man who holed up in his Shellsburg home for most of the evening Friday is in jail.

An 18-year-old man died in a crash early Thursday morning in Benton County. It happened just before 1:15 a.m. on 33rd Ave.

An armed man who holed up in his Shellsburg home for most of the evening Friday is in jail.

Law enforcement officers say an armed man who holed up in Shellsburg home for most of the evening has surrendered.

Posted on Jul 31, 2009 by Admin . Police stand guard during a standoff with a Shellsburg man at 104 Harbert Street in Shellsburg Friday night.

A teen is dead and two others are hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in Benton County.

Many 4-H'ers in Benton County stepped outside of their comfort zone and into the lights at the 2009 4-H Clothing and Communication Competition.

Police officers in West Union discovered a mobile meth lab during a traffic stop Saturday night.

Tracy Seaton of Shellsburg returns a 79 pound 4 ounce bighead carp back into a tank of water in his truck on Friday, June 26, 2009, after it was weighed at Nelson's Meat Market in Cedar Rapids.

Three-year-old Isabel Poggenklass and mother Megan Poggenklass, both of Cedar Rapids, peruse the candy at Simply Divine on Thursday.

William J. Reese, 58, of Newhall, was charged Monday with impersonating a police officer and two counts of disorderly conduct.

Firefighters from the Belle Plaine Fire department search for hot spots in a house fire located at 403 11th Street, Belle Plaine Tuesday afternoon.

Firefighters fight a house fire in the 2700 block of 6st St. Lane near Vinton Tuesday.