Waukon News

Todd Gareau and his fiancee Julie Stevens have lived at 301 I Avenue NW for six months.

Carlos Torrez was in the middle of a 60-hour workweek at the Agriprocessors Inc.

The Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band will hold a dress rehearsal of their 2008 program on Friday evening on the Luther College campus.

A company that makes nameplates and other decorative products for electronics and automobiles has announced it will close its factory in Waukon.

The Decorah Public Library is hosting another program Thursday in its season-long summer reading program.

Haley Christensen, 5, of Waukon was busy Saturday afternoon under the shade in the children's activity area at the Humboldt Area Arts Festival in John Brown Park.

John Bonner, portraying former Fort Dodge Mayor George Pearsons, makes his way though Oakland Cemetery Saturday afternoon during the sixth annual Cemetery Walk.

Several iowa roadways are closed due to flooding caused by storms that have occurred today and overnight, according to Iowa Department of Transportation officials.

Wet and Wild Days at Burr Oak Posted: Monday, June 9th, 2008 Laura Ingalls Wilder Days successfully dodged the rainstorms for several events on Saturday as the annual event drew positive crowds whose spirit did ...

A Lansing woman needed medical treatment after the vehicle she was driving rolled Tuesday afternoon.

The Northeast Iowa Bird & Animal Club is sponsoring a Bird and Animal Swap from 7 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 1, and Sept.

JASON PULLIAM * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * April 25, 2008 Several Iowa cities have had to pump untreated sewage into streams because heavy rainfall has overloaded their treatment facilities, state officials ... via Http

“In the last five years or so, it has gotten crazy.'”

On any given weekend from about mid-May through mid-October, it is possible to feast somewhere in Iowa with hundreds to thousands of neighbors, friends and strangers. via Des Moines Register

“This is a marvelous opportunity”

A copy of an invitation for Loras College President Jim Collins to an event featuring Pope Benedict XVI. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

City of Dubuque Civil Service Commission -- 11 a.m., City Hall Conference Room B. Allamakee County Board of Supervisors -- 11:30 a.m., 110 Allamakee St., Waukon, Iowa. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“In the case of energy drinks, the product delivers on a specific consumer need -- energy”

From Red Bull to Whoopass, energy drinks are big business. But do they do what they say? And just how safe are they? By ERIK HOGSTROM TH staff writer Photo: TH: Erik Hogstrom Brad Lidvall, of Rockford, Ill., is ... via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“That day, she told me so much about her future plans and what she wanted to do with her life. It was just a good trip”

A University of Iowa student was killed on her way to a Spring Break destination in Texas. via KWWL-TV Waterloo

Iowa Junior Miss returns to Ottumwa this weekend and 21 girls will compete for the scholarship pageant title. via Ottumwa Courier

Allamakee County Board of Supervisors -- 8:30 a.m., 110 Allamakee St., Waukon, Iowa. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“They used to have roller skating up there too”

After 60 years of marriage, Harlin and Imogene Bentien, both born in Monona, must be doing something right. via Associated Content