Wapello News

Louisa County Sherrif's Office Chief Deputy Adam Caudle says any of his co-workers could have done what he did one cold afternoon in March, when he plunged into the Iowa River to save a woman who jumped from a bridge.

The Wapello Woodcarvers are shown making canes with eagle heads as handles to donate to veterans.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Paul Peters of Wapello, a former Line 1 inspector who worked in the 1950s at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, waits for a screening while attending the Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance Thursday at the Machinist Hall in Middletown.

A barking dog may have thwarted a disaster when it woke up its owner as smoke started to engulf a home sometime near noon Monday.

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Loren Hagedon works on a cane during this week's Wapello Woodcarvers meeting. The group is about 15 years old and is currently working on eagle-headed canes for veterans.

Few challengers come out in city races in Louisa County. At the edge of a county with few contested city races, Oakville is a hotbed of election activity.

Although a portion of the bonds would be needed to cover reserve and bonding costs, Superintendent John Weidner said Tim Oswald, a financial consultant with Piper-Jaffrey, has determined the school still would have $4.67 million to spend.

Jacob Griffin sometimes can't see the course markings during a cross country race.

Come explore the foods of Iowa before corn was king. Starting at 2 p.m. Oct. 10, Toolesboro Indian Mounds and Museum will be the site for a free public program on wild edible and cultivated foods used by people for the last 2,000 years.

A normally non-controversial appointment to an open seat on the city swimming pool board generated some heat for the Wapello City Council at a meeting Thursday.

Randee and Jay Slings have come close to winning the Iowa Wife-Husband Championship before, only to come up a little short.

8:40 a.m. -- Carol and Jim Dodge, Burlington; Dee and Jim Slough, Clarinda. 8:50 a.m. -- Cindy and Larry Taylor, Burlington; Elaine and Duane Roose, Pella; Kathy and Rex Bentzinger, Coralville.

He will also perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Washington in Burlington. A photo caption Wednesday listed incorrect dates.

Penny Vacek, Sen. Charles Grassley's regional director, will have open office hours Thursday in southeast Iowa.

Trucking company owners Ward and Trina Gabeline rushed to their friends' and neighbors' aid when the mandatory evacuation was ordered for this town of nearly 400 people just before the levee broke last year.

Louisa County Historical Society will have its annual Fall Festival at 9 a.m. Sept.

Rebuild Iowa Office holds local forum. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com WAPELLO -- The Rebuild Iowa Office, a state agency set up in the wake of the historic Flood of 2008, now works with 28 federal and 16 state departments to continue to help victims of the disaster.

In pursuit of westward expansion, the United States made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

In pursuit of westward expansion, the United States made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.