Buchanan County News

In a tie, voters on Tuesday rejected the revenue purpose statement for the Independence Community School District's school infrastructure sales tax.

Saturday around noon, the Fayette County Sheriffa s Office took a report from the Buchanan County Sheriffa s Office of a sexual assault victim at a residence in Lamont, Iowa who was assaulted in Fayette County.

Eric Paxton of Harlan and a worker with Sta-Bilt Construction smooths imperfections in the layer of Slurry Seal being applied Monday along Highway D-22 in Buchanan County, east of Independence.

Independence, Ia. - Buchanan County health officials said five cases of whooping cough have been diagnosed.

More cases of whooping cough have been reported in Buchanan County, in northeastern Iowa.

Police have arrested an Independence man accused of pushing his girlfriend out of a car traveling about 40 mph in northeast Iowa.

While University Hospitals in Iowa City says job cuts won't hurt patient care, many patients we spoke with aren't sure.

In rural Buchanan County, an early Friday morning thunderstorm produced straight-line winds reaching nearly 80 miles per hour, and that sent a tree crashing into a home.

Health officials Thursday were investigating an outbreak of whooping cough in Buchanan County.

Health officials are investigating an outbreak of whooping cough cases in Buchanan County.

Kevin Fogle, 19, of Independence, was hospitalized after a collision Monday afternoon near Hazleton in northern Buchanan County, the Iowa State Patrol said.

Diane and Dan Sperfslage greet guests at their rural Aurora home Sunday evening.

After hitting Dunkerton, the storm moved into the Buchanan County town of Hazleton.

Voters here on Tuesday rejected the issuance of $1.8 million in bonds to remodel the former Fareway grocery store into a new Independence City Centre.

Bruce Hines of Coggon operates a machine as it digs a tunnel under a road for a new water line in Quasqueton on Thursday, April 23, 2009.

Nearly $5 million dollars in loans and grants from the USDA is marked to help bring reliable, clean water to parts of Buchanan County.

The Coralville woman accused of killing her two-year-old son and attempting to kill her other son can no longer have visits from her husband, a judge ordered Friday.

A judge has rejected a motion to modify a no-contact order that prevents a Coralville woman charged in the slaying of her son from having contact with her husband.

An inmate at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale was charged Wednesday for assaulting a guard last month.

It's a day of celebration for a new bridge in Buchanan County. The new Jakway Park Bridge is the first highway bridge in North America to be built with a new generation of ultra-high performance concrete pi-girders. It crosses Buffalo Creek.