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One year ago today, the lives of several Burlington families were changed forever when four people were killed on the Mississippi River.

While some high school students have a hard time getting along with their siblings, Traci Keller looks up to her brother a ... John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Southeastern Community College graduate Danielle Dill feeds her 21-day-old son Cory Moorman while waiting for the start of SCC's commencement ceremony Thursday at Memorial Auditorium in ... (more)

Despite her fears, Chloe Burkart, a third-grader at Black Hawk Elementary School, approached the front of her classroom to ask Iowa Gov.

Not only can working out be beneficial, it also can be fun. That is the message Alec Cornick, a personal trainer and gym manager at Univer ... Brenna Norman/The Hawk Eye Andre Trotter, 10, front, runs with other members of his fourth-grade class during health and fitness day Friday at Sunnyside Elementary School in Burlington.

Synthetic marijuana, packaged to look like incense or potpurri, has become a problem for Eastern Iowa law enforcers.

Federal, state and local dignitaries gathered on the Burlington riverfront 75 years ago today for the ground breaking of the building that w ... Brenna Norman/The Hawk Eye The Des Moines County Student Choir prepares to sing with Simon Estes last week at the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.

The Eagle Riders Motorcycle Club stepped up to the plate Sunday to support the Burlington Little League.

Education can open many doors, and for Mark Ertz, those doors opened onto a wider world than he ever imagined as a high school senior.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 12--Online shopping and those accompanying retail websites aren't going to disappear just because the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act last week by a 69-27 count.

It's difficult to quantify the impact the Smokefree Air Act has had on Iowans, even five years after the law banning smoking in certain publ ... Brenna Norman/The Hawk Eye Art Roberts of Burlington smokes a cigarette at the Crazy Coyote in Burlington.

Nearly four months after the West Burlington Fire Department sought help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city's public safety radio system remains unreliable, according to Fire Chief Mike Heim.

A Burlington man faces of up six months in jail after a judge ordered prosecutors to find him in contempt of court for angrily reacting to his selection for jury duty.

Two men charged with beating and robbing a 63-year-old Burlington man earlier this year at Community Park in West Burlington have entered guilty pleas to reduced charges and will be sentenced next month.

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Though many of their children are in their 40s, 50s and 60s, the women gathered inside the Klein Center still were full of motherly advice.

A birthday party was held at Brighton's First Church of God on April 28. The party was held for the church.

Dick Mellinger was a Burlington legend long before he was honored with a Life Achievement Award Thursday.

BURLINGTON, Iowa – Held down to only five hits, the Kane County Cougars were shut out for the first time this season as they fell to the Burlington Bees, 4-0, at Community Field on Wednesday night.

Opera singer Simon Estes' performance in Burlington celebrated his Iowa roots and the wings he provides young artists through the Simon Este ... John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Simon Estes autographs the arm of Alex Chasteen, 17, Wednesday in the school gym in Burlington.

A woman died and a man was taken by Med Force helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in critical condition foll ... The Mediapolis Fire Department and Des Moines County Sheriff's Office respond to the scene of a motorcycle accident Wednesday north of Mediapolis Road on Des Moines County 99, north of Burlington.