State Center News

Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic "Nutcracker" ballet leaps onto three central Iowa stages this weekend, and if you plan ahead, you might be able to catch them all.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory in Iowa for blowing snow and bitter cold wind chills, which is in effect from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight.

Editors note: This was a thank you letter sent to Hy-Vee by Glen and Lynn Smool of State Center.

Q:Whatever happened to the 7-Up candy bar? Is it still around? - R.C., State Center, Iowa A: The 7-Up candy bar was introduced in the 1930s and was so named because it had seven connected pieces, each with a different center.

The Central Iowa Brass Quintet will be opening for the annual “Messiah” presentation in Marshalltown this year.

Gehlen Catholic eighth grade student Sara Roder has been selected for the Opus Honor Choir Festival.

FULTON, Ill. - Dr. Robert G. German, M.D., 74, of Fulton, died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center, North Campus, Clinton.

On Oct. 12, the Editorial Board wrote intelligently of how the film commission must change in order to 'grow an industry that would improve Iowa's image.' But there is also a problem with the idea that if we summon film companies to Iowa, they will polish our reputation through showcasing of our beautiful vistas and people to the world.

Des Moines Symphony, Japanese drummers update old traditions. Eastern and Western musicians were trading ideas even before Marco Polo trudged down the Silk Road, but two programs this weekend in Des Moines and Ames highlight East-West collaborations are unmistakably modern.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Adrianna Prado, 5, of Fort Madison, left, and Graci Carlton, 4, of State Center, Iowa, scream while riding a free fall ride during the annual Mexican Fiesta Friday in Fort Madison.

A semitrailer carrying an unknown number of market hogs tipped on its side at 11:30 a.m. Friday when the driver turned too quickly onto the on ramp of U.S. Highway 20 at U.S. Highway 169 and the load shifted.

The farmers: Eric, 33, and Deb, 32, Finch The farm: Finch Livestock, State Center What they sell: Boer meat goats Eric Finch, 33, never thought much about immigration issues until raids started to take away part of his customer base.

Police will tell you fighting crime is a 24 hour job. So why is the new police substation keeping bankers hours? Police moved into the temporary substation on 2nd Avenue Southeast last Friday, but they don't operate it for very long.

Lisbon Police are looking for a man that robbed the Dollar General Store. They say it happened just before 7 p.m. tonight when a man with a red bandana over his face walked into the store and began demanding money.

A boil advisory is in effect for the city of State Center in Marshall County after its drinking water system lost pressure Thursday.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has issued a boil advisory for State Center in central Iowa after its water system lost pressure.

NEW JOBS Andy Simko and Tyler Conklin have joined Iowa Financial Group, a Metlife office, as financial service representatives.