Nov 16, 2009 | Book TV
Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America
Immigration is causing young people in small towns to leave their homes, the authors argue.
Hollowing Out the Middle: Small Town Iowa's Brian Drain Crisis
In Sumner, Iowa, the biggest export isn't hogs or corn: it's high school grads. Just two in five will still be there ten years after high school graduation.
Teen Gets 10 Years in Fatal Stabbing
A teenager convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another teen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Two teens in go-kart die in crash with pickup
Two teens died while traveling on Iowa roads, and three others were injured in an unrelated accident.
Two Teens Killed After Go-Cart Collides with Pickup Truck
An accident involving a go-kart has killed two teenaged boys in Chickasaw County.
Sumner teen convicted in fatal stabbing
Waverly, Ia. - A jury has convicted a northeast Iowa teenager of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another teen.
Sumner teen convicted in fatal stabbing
Waverly, Ia. - A jury has convicted a northeast Iowa teenager of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another teen.
Sumner teen convicted in fatal stabbing
A jury has convicted a northeast Iowa teenager of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another teen.
Jury convicts Iowa teen in fatal stabbing
A jury has convicted a northeast Iowa teenager of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another teen.
Northeast Iowa teen's murder trial set to begin
Trial for a northeast Iowa teenager accused of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of another teen is scheduled to begin this week.
Local news, weather, sports & information
Decorah school board members to attend Iowa Association of School Boards district meeting Posted: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 School board members from throughout Northeast Iowa will be in Sumner Wednesday evening.
R. Marcella Wiederstein, 94, of Iowa City, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at Bickford Cottage in Iowa City.