Shelby County News

Authorities have arrested a 64-year-old Cherokee man accused of trying to abduct a 12-year-old girl after school in Irwin in western Iowa.

A former Catholic school principal accused of trying to meet a teenage girl for sex has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Roger Claypool has been named President and CEO for First National Bank with locations throughout Sioux City, Le Mars, and Sioux Center.

ROGER CLAYPOOL STARTED HIS WORK AT FIRST NATIONAL JANUARY 19TH AFTER BANKING EXPERIENCE IN SHELBY COUNTY AND OSKALOOSA.

Roger Schmitz has been named chairman of the Shelby County Board of Supervisors this year, and will preside over a board with two new board members, and an agenda that begins with preparing next year's budget.

The presidential election garnered most of the headlines in 2008, followed closely by soaring gas prices and a struggling economy that has contributed to hardships nationwide.

A fire that began in the wiring of the engine compartment of a garbage truck caused nearly $225,000 in damages to the R&S Waste company in Defiance Sunday morning, Nov.