Toddville News

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is holding its first events since last month's flood.

The residents of this small, flood-ravaged town used Independence Day to celebrate normalcy, if only for a few hours.

They'll be enjoying a free lunch today in Palo, firing up grills in Parkersburg, and oohing and aahing at exploding fireworks in Cedar Rapids.

A flatbed truck rounds the corner of Iowa and Church streets on its way to delivering sandbags Wednesday in Palo.

“I couldn't afford Kirkwood and to live on my own”

The first substantial wave of lucky Alburnett High School graduates are on track to get unique scholarship help once they get their diplomas on May 18. via The Gazette

“There's only so much space available to expand to.”

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is looking into nearly tripling its size so it can enlarge its permanent exhibit, build a new library and add more public program areas. via The Gazette

Vickie L. Huston was released from her earthly body on April 3, 2008, from which she was imprisoned for 59 years. via The Gazette

“It was bitterly cold, attendance suffered”

Taryn Santoyo, 4, of Toddville, picks up an egg while attending the Second Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt at Otter Creek Lions Park in Midway in 2006. via The Gazette

MASON CITY Son allegedly attacks woman with hatchet The Iowa State medical examiner has reported that Rita Seely, 49, of Mason City, died Saturday from blunt-force trauma to her head and neck. via Des Moines Register

A Waterloo man died after being involved in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 380 near the Urbana exit Monday night. via Waterloo Courier

“It's never worked better, in my opinion.”

Tim Hagle UI political science professor DES MOINES - For a former state election commissioner who pushed for greater voter participation, Thursday night's record turnout in both the Democratic and Republican ... via The Gazette

“The majority of the guys out there don't even have their legs.”

Spc. Kain Schilling arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on his 21st birthday. via The Gazette

Jim Welsh and John Rausch, both of Toddville, push Welsh's parade float, which is driven by a tractor disguised as a pair of reindeer, over a patch of ice on the way to the start of the second annual Hiawatha ... via The Gazette

“Scotch pine is the most popular tree for us, but white pine also has been very popular this year”

Kaleb Foye, 11, and his brother Logan, 8, of Cedar Rapids hold their tree up to a sign to find its height at the Hoffman Tree Farm on Wednesday. via The Gazette

Two soldiers from eastern Iowa are hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds suffered last weekend in an attack in Afghanistan. via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

“You can reverse that in a sense. If Iowa schools would begin teaching about the story of the Ioway, then you'd have a new generation of people who grew up knowing that as part of their own history”

Video/Audio: TRAILER for "Lost Nation: The Ioway" Kelly Rundle shoots an Oneota pottery-making reenactment with artist and Iowa Tribe member Reuben Kent in White Cloud, Kansas for "Lost Nation: The Ioway." ... via The Gazette

Project completed at The Bunker, Iowa City. The CD will feature a 4-page color booklet with photography by Mark Rushton. via Mark Rushton

“For the people of today to offer an apology ... it's not their fault.”

Corn and beans are displayed near a campfire at the 1700 Ioway settlement at Living History Farms in Urbandale. via Http