Wapello News

Twenty regional Extension education directors have been selected for Iowa State University Extension, as part of a reorganization announced last month by the Board of Regents.

With all the rain we've had this month, and another a stormy weekend, things are looking hauntingly familiar in parts of Louisa County.

Several roads in Louisa County remain closed as water dominates most of them, a problem traced from unrepaired levee breaks caused by last summer's historic flooding.

The Wapello Future Farmers of America students are determined to bring a professional rodeo event to their home town.

The Alzheimer's Association Greater Iowa Chapter is holding a program entitled "Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms of Memory Loss, from 12-1:30 p.m. June 2 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 725 West Second St., Ottumwa.

The city council directed City Engineer Mike Hart to draw up plans for the additional projects after learning the low bid for a storm sewer project in the Patrick's Subdivision was nearly $100,000 below the engineering estimate.

The SEI Superconference North Division girls and boys track meet was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain Tuesday.

Raker arrived at 34 Raceway, only to find that his hobby stock car wouldn't start.

Planning for a trail in Wapello, which would wind along the Iowa River from the River Road-LJ Thompson Park to U.S. 61, should move forward, the city council agreed during its regular meeting last week.

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Lori Irons, of Wapello, Iowa, holds a sign during an anti-gay marriage rally, Monday, April 13, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.

Wapello, Ia. - He was almost off. A half hour or so later that Sunday, and Louisa County Chief Deputy Adam Caudle's shift would have been over.

Young adults from across the country have joined with the Louisa County Conservation Board to improve habitat, teach youth about the outdoors and clean up the Iowa River in Louisa County this spring.

WAPELLO a ' An unknown amount of wastewater discharged and flowed to the Iowa River Tuesday when a force main ruptured in Wapello at 9:30 a.m. City staff had to shut a pump station down near Van Buren Street to fix the main pipe, allowing untreated wastewater to discharge until the pipe was repaired at 11:20 a.m. The city will test water samples ...

State environmental officials say a broken sewer line in Wapello caused an unknown amount of untreated wastewater to flow into the Iowa River in the southeast Iowa city.

U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack announced nearly $2 million in stimulus funds is coming to southeast Iowa for affordable housing.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Carl Boley of Burlington loads personal items into Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle Friday outside his home in Burlington.

Two weeks after agreeing to ban spring burning of leaves and other yard waste, the Wapello City Council agreed Thursday to reconsider its action and scheduled a new discussion on the issue for its April 2 meeting.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to take part in the seventh annual Project AWARE river cleanup event.

While Louisa County roads closed by last week's flooding will continue to remain closed indefinitely, there is a bit of good news for folks who make their home close to the river.