Jones County News

A 49-year-old man is at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after getting both of his feet caught in a farm auger.

James Luckstead was hospitalized Monday after he became caught in an auger at a rural Anamosa farm, the Jones County Sheriff's Office said.

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.

A Monticello man and his six-year-old son are in the hospital tonight. This after falling nearly three stories down a shaft.

MONTICELLO, Iowa -- The Jones County Sheriff's Department had no update Saturday on a Monticello man and his son who suffered multiple injuries Friday morning after falling three stories.

A Monticello man and his son suffered multiple injuries Friday when they fell an estimated 25 feet down a shaft to a concrete floor.

Jones County Sheriff's Deputies tell KCRG-TV9 that a man and his son fell two to three stories down some type of equipment shaft.

Portzen Construction workers Ryan Glasgow and Chris Holland of Galena, Ill., haul a 300-pound sheet of lead-lined drywall into place as they construct the radiology area at the new Jones Regional Medical Center on Thursday east of Highways 151 and 64 in Anamosa.

In this “Hi, how are ya? See ya.' Bye” world, we often confuse acquaintance with knowing.

Two Iowa men, both in their 20's have died in single car crashes during the weekend.

WYOMING, Iowa -- A 20-year-old Monmouth man was killed in a one-vehicle crash near Wyoming early Sunday.

Volunteers are needed to help rescue a Jones County prairie from invasive species and return it to its natural state.

LaVern K. Tjaden, 84, of Wyoming, Iowa, died Friday, March 13, 2009, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a brief illness.

First off, this is a story you need to see to fully appreciate. ANAMOSA - Three people are being held hostage on a school bus in Anamosa.

I am looking for two people in Jones County Iowa, Fairview. One is Adam Aron and the other is Adams Helmick.

Media on a tour Thursday saw one of two overnight holding cells on the first floor of the Linn County Correctional Center in Cedar Rapids.

What was to become the city's new public works building fell to the ground Saturday morning, most likely the victim of strong winds, said City Administrator Pat Callahan.

The death of one brother at the hands of another grew out of 'an argument taken too far,' a family friend said.

A call about a domestic disturbance at a southwest Cedar Rapids apartment complex early Sunday morning ended with police filing murder charges.

The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a school bus crash in Jones County Tuesday morning.