Oct 16, 2009 | Iowa City Press-Citizen
Shimek's principal to retire in June
Charlie Towers' career in education has taken him from a teaching job in Sydney, Australia, to being principal at Shimek Elementary.
TTT, Chapter A.S. receives $1,000 donation
An Appanoose County TTT, Chapter A.S. recently accepted a $1,000 donation from the Wal-mart Foundation to go to the loan closet they run out of the basement of the Shoe Tree on the Square.
Fire damages farm buildings in rural Jones County
Firefighters continue to snuff out a fire at a farm in rural Jones County this morning.
Hungry Threshers-goers head for church chow lines
Cousins Jordan Voyles, 12, of Burlington and Cameron Watson,13, of Mount Pleasant sink their teeth into a caramel apple from Olds United Church of Christ at the Old Threshers Reunion Saturday in Mount Pleasant.
Some states in no hurry to spend stimulus road funds
The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has been keeping track of how states are spending the stimulus funds allocated for roads.
Jones County woman improving after river rescue
Posted on Aug 18, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Jeanne Schnepp The woman rescued Monday from the Wapsipinicon River is keeping quiet about her ordeal.
Sirota thinks he knows better In David Sirota's column in Saturday's Gazette, he employed the all-too-typical attack speech used by liberals when debating conservatives .
Sirota thinks he knows better In David Sirota's column in Saturday's Gazette, he employed the all-too-typical attack speech used by liberals when debating conservatives .
Myth and fact cause confusion in health care debate
"Your senator is out to kill health-care reform Why?" was the message that popped into my e-mail inbox Wednesday.
George R. Wessels, 86, of Onslow, died Tuesday evening, July 7, 2009, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown following a long illness.
Carlson: Little-known WWII naval unit merits salutes
Arnold Latare was fearless and invincible - pretty much the same as most other 18-year-old men going off to war - so he wanted to serve on a destroyer when he joined the Navy.
Vernon H. Becker, 87, of De Witt, died Thursday evening, May 14, 2009, at Westwing Place, De Witt.