Innovative research on northeast Iowa’s Turkey River may herald a breakthrough in state efforts to mitigate future flood damage. “This really is the first time that hydro modeling has been done in advance of project implementation to get the highest value for the investment,” said Larry Weber, director of IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering, the [...]
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The manager of an Elkader tavern is charged with threatening and trying to hold captive a teenager working with sheriff’s deputies on an alcohol compliance check. Timothy Finley, 33, threatened the volunteer with a pipe and ordered her to go into the basement of Fennelly’s Irish Pub after she tried to buy a six pack [...]
continue »Downtown Revitalization grants totaling $3.5 million were announced today for seven Iowa communities, including Elkader and West Union. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) awarded the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the rehabilitation of a total of 144 downtown buildings. Other communities to receive the grants are Burlington, Charles City, Conrad, Emmetsburg and [...]
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By Shams Ghoneim —- President Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Pope Pius IX, Sir Richard Burton, and French prisoners all sang Emir Abd el-Kader’s praises. Abd el-Kader demonstrated and lived the true teachings of Islam. His brave struggles during peace and war, imprisonment and exile can be a lifelong lesson across faith cultures. In 1846, [...]
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ELKADER – A Clayton County judge sentenced 27-year-old William Kobelt to 10 years in prison Tuesday, nearly four months after Kobelt led deputies on a high speed chase and rammed his truck into a deputy’s squad car. According to a Clayton County press release, Kobelt, of Guttenberg, plead guilty Tuesday to felony assault on Clayton [...]
continue »Charles City was named “Iowa River Town of the Year” at a reception this morning at the Charles City Public Library on the banks of the Cedar. The award, presented annually by Iowa Rivers Revival, a river advocacy group, recognizes the community’s efforts to enhance its connections to the Cedar River through conversion of a [...]
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ELKADER — A little rust shows on some of the old hand weights and mud can still occasionally gum up an elliptical machine. But, at Elkader Fitness, the Flood of 2008 is long gone as the operating non-profit organization provides a fine example of the community’s overall fitness. “I love it,” says Jean Marie Hall, [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s hard to find a straight Republican in Iowa. It seems they’re all leaning. With a week to go before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses, few Republicans have landed solidly on one candidate. A recent Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG-TV9 poll of likely caucusgoers found the race “remarkably fluid” with 37.8 percent of respondents [...]
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His rivals are beating him up for his foreign policy positions, but Ron Paul is finding plenty of support among Iowa caucusgoers for his non-interventionist philosophy. Paul’s reluctance to get tough with Iran, as well as his call to end foreign aid and bring all troops home, has made him an easy target for other [...]
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