West Burlington News

When you walk into Ron Perry's classroom at Southeastern Community College, you'll hardly ever see him giving a lecture.

Two men charged with beating and robbing a 63-year-old Burlington man earlier this year at Community Park in West Burlington have entered guilty pleas to reduced charges and will be sentenced next month.

Though many of their children are in their 40s, 50s and 60s, the women gathered inside the Klein Center still were full of motherly advice.

The search for the next Fort Dodge fire chief is now focused on three veteran firefighters, including a city Fire Department captain.

An arrest is merely an accusation. All suspects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Nick Moraniec's career path might have been sealed when he was 8 years old. The Cyclery was a bicycle shop along Main Street in downtown Burlington a few decades ago, and the owner, Tom Clayton, showed a young boy -- Moraniec -- how to build a wheel.

This is the way representative government is supposed to work. West Burlington resident Don Fisch had a problem: He voluntarily banned himself from Iowa casinos for life after a stint in which he regularly gambled away his entire Social Security benefits.