2008: Iowa continued to be pummeled by severe weather and record flooding. In northeastern Iowa the Cedar River reached an all-time record crest at Waterloo, with the flow rate about 50 percent higher than the next-highest on record which occurred in 1961. This huge swell of water would make its way down river causing devastating […]
June 22, 1925 – June 10, 2011 Fremont, Iowa Visitation: Open after 12:00 noon with family present from 5:00 until 6:00 PM June 16, 2011 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:00 AM June 17, 1911 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Van Orsdall Cemetery near Ollie, Iowa Geneva Mae Kaufman, age 85, of Fremont passed […]
Tuesday, April 27th, 1943 to Friday, June 10th, 2011 Obituary: David Devere Wright was born April 27, 1943 in Jefferson, Iowa the son of Cleo and Berdene (Kuebler) Wright. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Jefferson High School with the Class of 1961. On May 20, 1966 he was united in […]
New Sharon, Iowa- The 2011 New Sharon Spring Festival “Welcome to Paradise” days will be wrapping up on Saturday. On Saturday, they will be having carnival rides, a car show and an art show. From 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 am, the 3rd Annual “Jace Race” 5K Run/1 Mile Walk will take place at the North […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- A Mahaska County woman and her two dogs were rescued today after waters from the Muchakinock Creek surrounded the woman’s rural Mahaska County home. Debbie Barrier called for help around 4:00 PM Friday afternoon because of the threat that the waters could rise more due to the forecast of more rain. “She did […]
Posted: June 10, 2011 DES MOINES – Record rains Thursday, followed by heavy overnight rains, have caused discharges of partially treated or untreated wastewater from many cities in southern and eastern Iowa. Heavy rainfalls can overwhelm collection systems with inflows of storm water, particularly when the systems are old or not well maintained. Record rainfalls […]
Heavy Rains over night have made some local streams and creeks over flow their banks once again. It rained nearly five inches in most locations overnight, causing the Muchakinock Creek to once again overflow it’s banks and pour over Highway 92 West of Oskaloosa. 5.46 inches of rain was reported at the Knoxville Airport, with […]
X-Men: First Class -PG-13 and plays nightly at 7:10 p.m. and again at 9:45 p.m. Matinee showing is at 2:10 p.m. Bridesmaids -R starts at 7:00 p.m. with the late showing starting at 9:30 p.m. Afternoon Matinee starts at 2:00 p.m.
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that Danielle Plogmann, currently an executive within the Iowa Department of Human Rights, has accepted the position of interim director at the department. Branstad’s initial nominee, Isaiah McGee, served as director during the allotted 60 days following the vote to confirm him to the position, which […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Governor Branstad brought his 43 city “Working Together for a Better Future” tour to Oskaloosa Thursday afternoon. The 43 city tour, town hall style meeting was put together when the Governor cancelled his trip to South Korea and China in order to focus on the states budget. Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds took the […]
