Anamosa News

"It's unreal that this can work," biologist Scott Gritters said about two specimens of the endangered Higgins eye pearly mussel found here in the Wapsipinicon River on Tuesday.

A fire at Morley Fire Chief Don Von Behren's farm destroyed a large corncrib, barn and hog house Saturday night.

Friday marked Madeline and Sarah Knaub's first night downtown since they helped sandbag before the Cedar River's surge.

Larry Harold Eiben, 61, of Langworthy, passed away Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a courageous battle with cancer, with his sons and ...

Anamosa's waste water treatment plant, swamped June 12 by record Wapsipinicon River flooding, is close to meeting state discharge standards but a long way from full recovery, according to city officials.

CEDAR RAPIDS Man to be sent to Chicago in murder case A man sought in a murder case in Chicago is being extradited from Cedar Rapids after authorities found him in a downtown hotel.

Traffic slowed to a walk this morning in the pass-through town of Lisbon as RAGBRAI riders funneled down Washington and Main streets.

Traffic slowed to a walk this morning in the pass-through town of Lisbon as RAGBRAI riders funneled down Washington and Main streets.

John Marshall Fahey, 56, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at his home, following a sudden illness.

Decked in period-appropriate clothing, Kenneth Simmons of Mount Vernon asks his mother, Toni, a question at the Chain Lakes Rendezvous on Sunday near Palo.

Pat Alvernaz , an employee of Bills' Bros. Freight Salvage, helps Annie Barklow of Anamosa to find furniture Friday at the store's new location, 3717 First Ave.

A pretrial conference in scheduled for Friday in the sex abuse case against James Bentley.

John Edwards shakes hands with supporters in Anamosa, Iowa on July 14 following his announcement of a proposed Presidential initiative to ensure all Americans share in the benefits of the new energy economy.

Noah Crumpton, 9, of Manchester, stands on a road closed sign in front of sandbags used to try to keep the flooding Wapsipinicon River at bay in Anamosa.

An 87-year-old Anamosa woman was killed Saturday after a semi-trailer truck collided with her car northeast of Anamosa at the intersection of Highway 151 and Old Dubuque Road.

Naturalist calls her work - the fun stuff' July 6, 2008 Messenger staff writer Because Erin Ford likes to be outdoors, her job as naturalist for Webster County Conservation and the Iowa Department of Natural ...

In the summer of 2002, Wayne Wierson and five friends took off from Ames on their motorcycles, heading toward Anamosa.

Daly Creek Winery, Anamosa On a June weekday afternoon, a bride-to-be, her mother and her future maid of honor picked several bottles of wine to take home to consider for her September wedding in Iowa.

Investigators say a fire last month in Anamosa was set on purpose. The flames broke out early in the morning on June 26th in a vacant apartment above the Anamosa Bowling Center.

Fireworks explode above the APAC building during the 2007 Freedom Festival fireworks display in downtown Cedar Rapids.