Fremont County News

When floodwaters threatened Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last summer, city residents received automated phone calls telling them to evacuate.

An autopsy was ordered on a southwest Iowa man found dead inside a camping trailer last weekend.

THURMAN, Iowa - Fremont County Sheriff's Office deputies and rescue officials found a man dead inside a camping trailer Sunday.

At least 11 people have died in accidents in Iowa over the Memorial Day weekend.

One person is seriously hurt after a Sunday crash near Tabor, Iowa. A 911 dispatcher tells KETV that paramedics transported one person to a hospital by medical helicopter.

Stimulus projects to begin soon in Iowa. The Associated Press DES MOINES -- Contractors in Iowa soon will begin work on more than $330 million in road and construction projects funded by federal economic stimulus dollars.

In her 18 years as county recorder, Margaret Henkle never thought she'd see the day.

The southwest Iowa town of Imogene is struggling to survive during the recession and leaders said they may be running out of options.

This spring's first damaging storm is blamed for tipping over trucks, knocking out electricity in Douglas, triggering a tornado alarm and demolishing trees and buildings on the Gloria Guthals farm.

Gov. Chet Culver says Iowa is moving ahead with 19 highway and bridge projects just days after a federal stimulus package was signed into law.

Although the economic forecast looks dim nationwide, the Florence City Council learned that revenue from its sales tax had increased 5 percent in 2008 over the same time period in 2007.

Myrtle would not give up her recipe for banana cake. A resident of Fremont County in southwest Iowa, Myrtle was known to her friends and neighbors as the information hub of the area.

Applications for the Page County Community Foundation and Fremont County Community Foundation can be submitted as early as Jan.

Annual appointments dominated the regular meeting of the Sidney City Council Monday night.

Along with a new year come new resolutions for Fremont County. At the regular meeting of the Fremont County Board of Supervisors Jan.

Many Iowa counties, including Page, Montgomery and Mills, charge towns without their own police force a fee for providing them with law enforcement and dispatch services.

Recent storms have led to numerous accidents in Fremont County, including adding in the total loss of a house in a fire Sunday.

Quote of the Day "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer." - Muhammad Ali Weekend crash Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Red Oak.

After 32 years of protecting citizens of Fremont County, Steve MacDonald is trading in his gun and badge for sunscreen and sandals.

Icy roads are to blame for three separate car accidents in Page and Fremont County.