Victor News

The struggling automotive industry is claiming another victim in Eastern Iowa. Cosma International, owner of the Benco Manufacturing in Belle Plaine, on Thursday informed its employees of plans to close the plant by December.

Graveside services were held for Alice Faye Montgomery, of Snelville, Ga. on Saturday, June 13, in Victor, Iowa.

Caleb Lee Cronbaugh, 19, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in a single-car accident near Ladora.

Dorothy Marie Gorsh, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Colonial Manor in Amana.

Alice Montgomery passed away suddenly on Sept. 10, 2008. Her remains were cremated.

Raymond W. Nace, age 79, of Ladora, died on Monday, May 25, 2009 at the Marengo Memorial Hospital.

Tommie Joe Rhinehart, 58, of Victor, died April 13, 2009, at his home of a heart attack.

Laura Dorothy Schultz, of Cedar Rapids, died March 28, 2009, at Silver Pines Assisted Living facilities, Cedar Rapids.

A 42-year-old Victor man is dead after an ATV crash Saturday night. It happened just after 9 p.m. in rural Iowa County north of Victor.

A 42 year old Victor man is dead after an accident in Iowa County. The Iowa County Sheriff's Department reports the man was involved in a single vehicle ATV accident north of Victor Saturday night.

Learning how to live a healthy lifestyle can never start too early. Dakota Valley Middle Schoolers are learning to live well at a wellness fair.

A 42-year-old Victor man is dead after an ATV crash Saturday night. It happened just after 9 p.m. in rural Iowa County north of Victor.

A 42-year-old Victor man was killed Saturday night in an ATV crash in rural Victor.

Investigators are looking for the cause of a "suspicious" fire in rural Iowa County around 4:30 a.m. today.

Blanche M. Costello, 99, of Williamsburg, died Saturday, March 7, 2009, in the Highland Ridge Care Center, Williamsburg, following a brief illness.

The driver of a semi escaped injury when his rig was hit by a freight train near Aurelia, Iowa.

Arnold F. Tanke Sr., 78, of Princeton, Ill., formerly of Deep River, died of pulmonary disease Sunday, Jan.

Kathryn LaVerna "Kay" Rahn, 86, of Mount Vernon, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, in the Mechanicsville Care and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness.

The cables do not run the entire length of Iowa County. They run from MM215 to MM209.

UPDATE: Eastbound Interstate 80 has reopened at mile marker 217 in Iowa County after an accident.