Clarke County News

As a transplant from Iowa City, I thought Weldon was in Clarke County because Robinsons has so many Weldon customers.

John Kyte Homestead Part III O. M. Slaymaker, prominent and prosperous Osceola attorney, purchased the large Kyte farm in 1914.

Planners overestimated how much water the Clarke County area will need in the future, casting more doubt on a controversial reservoir project, federal and state officials acknowledged Monday.

John Kyte Homestead, Part II Robert Jamison and his wife Christina, and his wife's brother, John Kyte, were Clarke County's first permanent settlers in 1850.

Local officials who unsuccessfully tried to seize land for a 900-acre lake in south-central Iowa three years ago are trying again, this time saying they need the lake for drinking water.

Opponents of a Clarke County lake plan said Monday they are down to their last play to stop construction on a lake project they say violates the state's eminent domain law.

A lake project near Osceola in Clarke County could test Iowa's three-year-old law guarding property rights.

Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration are in the small southern Iowa town of Murray in Clarke County trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash.

Two people were injured when a small airplane crashed near the southern Iowa town of Murray in Clarke County.

Buoyed by millions in federal stimulus money, contractors across Iowa will soon begin work on more than $330 million in road repair and construction projects.

The Clarke County Reservoir Commission did not take any action at its April 23 public hearing meeting held at the Clarke County Fairgrounds for consideration of a resolution to build a lake as a surface drinking water source in the Squaw Creek Watershed.

Hunt, Kain & Associates, P.C., certified public accountants, released an audit report on Clarke County, Iowa.

Over 100 drawings of Clarke County buildings are on display on the store-front windows on the south side of the Osceola square at 128 W. Jefferson.

On Dec. 20 at 11:50 a.m. an accident occurred at the 100 block of West Washington.

Nursing home volunteer creates recycled Christmas decorations for residents The reason for the season is in the star.

A roofing crewmember had no idea that his graffiti would become a historic artifact more than 100 years later.

On Dec. 20 at 11:50 a.m. an accident occurred at the 100 block of West Washington.

A Waterloo man died and three other family members injured following a crash on Interstate 35 in Clarke County Monday afternoon.

Strawns celebrate 50th anniversary Charles and Audrey Strawn of St. Charles will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 20th.

Students save big by taking dual credits Students at Clarke Community High School saved nearly $60,000 in college credits by taking dual credit classes offered by Southwestern Community College.