Wapello News

Roving bands of lawmakers occasionally meeting to discuss unresolved priority issues were the few public vestiges of progress being made Thursday as the split-control Legislature pushed toward adjourning the 2013 session - possibly by next week.

Gov. Terry Branstad has issued a disaster proclamation for 15 Iowa counties, including Jefferson County, due to storms and flooding.

No. 11 IMS faced a young Wapello squad in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys' soccer match on Monday evening and rolled to an 11-0 victory.

Democrats and Republicans staked out their positions on tax relief Tuesday and expressed hope the 10-member House-Senate conference committee will be able to forge some middle ground that will benefit taxpayers and bolster Iowa's business climate.

The son of Oscar and Hilda Whitaker Kemper, he was born September 1, 1938. Warren married Shirley Thomas on April 27, 1958, in Morning Sun.