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Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Fancy Nancy fans, pictured clockwise from lower left, Kennedy Ritter, 3, of West Burlington; Emma Perdelwitz, 4, of Danville; and Taylor Siegel, 5, of Burlington, listen to a story during the Fancy Nancy Tea Party Saturday at the Burlington Public Library.

The new rule would have required many businesses and organizations to have written identity-theft prevention programs.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye James Madison Middle School employee Brooke Buckley, top right, asks her grandpa, World War II veteran James Darnold, a question as a group of students listen during a student council dance honoring school volunteer Ken Mitchell and other local vets Friday, at the school in Burlington.

The fight for a four-year seat on the Burlington City Council may soon be headed for round two.

More than 1,400 disguised children and parents walked into the ominous building Saturday night with their plastic hollow pumpkin heads held out in needy anticipation.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye David Camp of West Burlington and Fran Tillman of Burlington study drawings Sunday for the proposed First United Methodist Church reconstruction.

The H1N1 flu virus has begun to ebb at many schools, but experts warn that another wave of illness could be on the way.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye West Burlington firefighters battle the fire Monday at Kenny Dix's home, 3257 Rock Springs Road, in rural Des Moines County south of Burlington.

Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington will be getting a new carrier and flight destinations.

Authorities have not ruled a manner and cause of death for Marty Lee Griffin. Perhaps the only certain detail surrounding the man's demise is the time of death: 2:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Cascade Bridge, a nearly 114-year-old bridge closed due to safety concerns, was the hot-button topic during Tuesday's Burlington City Council candidate forum.

An investigation is under way into the death of a man in a taxi in Burlington. Police say 47-year-old Marty Griffin, of West Burlington, was found dead early Wednesday after a short taxi ride from one bar to another.

There's just no nice way to say it. Year-by-year, American children are becoming more obese.

Both enter not-guilty pleas for July incident at credit union. A Burlington couple police say teamed up on a forgery and theft scheme will be tried at the same day.

A company spokeswoman said the last day for the West Burlington location will be Jan.

Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division Administrator Lynn Walding will review a rural Danville bar's appeal for alleged violations of the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.

Last year, Johnson avoided the big house when he was convicted of breaking into the West Point Public Library.

David Jacob Mathias appeared in court Friday through video link from jail. He was arrested on a second-degree robbery charge Thursday.

The exercise was part of the Walk This Way event sponsored by the Kid Safe Southeast Iowa Coalition and FedEx.

"They're telling us it will be a few more weeks before they announce their pick.