Stratford News

Bailey Bergman wrung the water from her socks Wednesday afternoon after spending three hours searching for a missing teenager, who with another girl was abducted after getting off of a school bus Monday afternoon.

If a current law had existed in 1992, law enforcement may have been able to track the activities of a Dayton kidnapping suspect who had been previously convicted of kidnapping a woman and two 3-year old children.

Michael Klunder, 42, lived inside a blue house at 924 Byron St. in the shadow of the Stratford water tower with his wife Lisa.

Law enforcement agencies are probing whether a central Iowa kidnapping may be linked to the murder of two girls abducted last July from Evansdale.

Hamilton County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning approved three employment contracts for county workers and also approved the Fiscal Year 2014 county library contract.

"I love you, Mama," four-year-old Dezzaray said to her mother, ignoring the fact that Mom is in the middle of a conversation.

Like most of you, I was aghast when I awakened to 7 inches of snow yesterday. Something is definitely wrong with Mother Nature.

At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Northeast Hamilton School board accepted the resignations of two administrators and discussed future strategies.

A new clinic will be opening in Dayton, a community that hasn't had such a medical facility in six months.