Carroll County News

Iowa is a 'maverick.' For years, Iowa has fought to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil and provide cleaner alternatives to power our great nation.

Weather officials are still assessing damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes across Iowa overnight into Friday.

“It's a great thing to be able to get that kind of money to be able to combat drugs in our county”

A local law enforcement agency receives a $14,000 check for helping to get a meth pusher off the street. via WSLS

“We have a big family and there's a lot of family members that we lost to cancer”

Moms and daughters join to fight cancer at annual Relay for Life 05/09/08 By Heidi Schroeder Family members recall Debbie Paragoy as a loving wife and mother -- and a woman who faced her 13-month fight against ... via Eldersburg Eagle

MARSHALLTOWN Boy dies from injuries suffered in house fire A 1-year-old Marshalltown boy has died from injuries he suffered in a house fire earlier this week. via Des Moines Register

A longtime middle school teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a student. via KCCI

“I've been working with pigs since I was old enough to work”

David Moody, the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, is the group's first leader who does not own hogs, but he has been involved in pork production for nearly 40 years, since growing up on a ... via Indianola Record-Herald

Carroll County law enforcement officials are warning local residents of a flimflam scheme operating in the area involving a familiar method - fraudulent home repairs. via Mt. Airy News

“The blowing (of the snow) is what is hurting us”

One of the decade's biggest local snowstorms canceled classes, airline flights and meetings, kept towing services off highways and sent bank and other business employees home early Wednesday. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“Both of them are gone and we can't ask questions, but they had had a divorce”

Thomas Lester Carroll County News HILLSVILLE, Va. - A Cana man allegedly shot his ex-wife and turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Monday morning at his home, authorities say. via Mt. Airy News

Race in Iowa went back to basics After all the campaigns' sophisticated media tactics and high-tech maneuvering, Iowa voters offered the presidential candidates a version of Politics 101: In this state, stick ... via Storm Lake Pilot Tribune

MALCOM One driver killed in two-semi collision Laverne Roth of Chelsea was killed in a collision of two trucks Thursday morning at the junction of U.S. highways 6 and 63. via Des Moines Register

“The injuries always seemed to happen when Kim wasn't home”

By JENNIFER JACOBS * Register Staff Writer * December 12, 2007 Mona Berg suspected her young grandson was being abused, but she says she was unable to convince her daughter, who is pregnant, to leave the man ... via Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, Iowa - A 24-year-old Carroll man has been charged with fatally beating and suffocating his fiancee's 1-year-old son. via Quad-City Times

“We've got one report of 5.7 inches west of Lanark, Ill., in Carroll County, which is in our coverage area”

After a messy commute home Thursday, Quad-City residents can expect a cold, cloudy, gray day today before more snow works its way into the weekend. via Bettendorf News

For Martin Bird, learning that his oldest brother, Sgt. Adrian Hike, was killed in Afghanistan was hard to believe. via The Messenger

DES MOINES Iowa - Family members say a Ralston soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. via Quad-City Times

Family members say a Ralston military member has been killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Adrian Hike, 26, was killed Monday while on patrol, his mother said. via Indianola Record-Herald