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John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Burlington Heritage Trust members filter through the stage and seating area Sunday while exploring the renovation of the Capitol Theater Sunday in Burlington.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye The empty Burlington city manager's office on the second floor of city hall waits for someone new to fill the seat.

Burlington Public Library Hands-On Computer Classes All Hands-On Computer Classes are in meeting room B at the library, 210 Court St.

FERDEN, Emily Nicole, daughter of James and Lynne Ferden of Troy, Mich., was born Jan.

In a statewide competition, the odds of any one Iowa student making it into the juried Youth Art Month show next month at the State Historical Building in Des Moines are probably pretty high.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye "Won't You Be My Valentine?" was the theme for the mini-class for children who made the heart-shaped mice Saturday at the Art Center in Burlington.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Hank Bundy, a service technician, and Tom Luttenegger, a tire technician at Eastern Iowa Tire, stand Wednesday next to the company's 24-hour road service truck.

A Chocolate Delight Cake made by Luke Adams, 15, sits on a table at the eighth annual Grade A Plus Death by Chocolate event Saturday at The Drake in Burlington.

Burlington Steamboat Days will celebrate its 50th year with a bash Feb. 18 at Burlington's Memorial Auditorium .

Iowa City police say they seized three handguns and arrested five people after responding to a report of shots fired at the Caliente Night Club and Bar early Saturday morning.

It was a misunderstanding that got blown out of proportion. Local attorney Michael Clark gave that description Thursday in connection with what really happened in the case involving his client, Brandy Joann Swartz of Burlington.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Linda Giffin, as Angelina, and Peggy Ell, as Marie, perform during a scene from Act I of a dress rehearsal for the Players' Workshop production of "Flamingo Court" Wednesday at the Players' Workshop in Burlington.

While his two alleged accomplices remain at large, a Burlington man has been charged in connection with several months of investigation into the distribution of illegal drugs in the area.

Xianne McChesney, 8, of Burlington, a Brownie with Girl Scout Troop 9180 in West Burlington, was top seller in the 38-county Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois in 2011, when she sold 2,377 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.

If the Death by Chocolate fundraiser in Burlington isn't enough to satisfy your desire for sweets, perhaps the Galesburg Historical Society's 26th annual Chocolate Festival will.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Kara Roberts, Grade A Plus board member, assembles chocolate goodies onto platters Saturday, Feb.

Members of the Heritage Trust, a Burlington historic preservation group, will get a sneak peek at work under way on the Capitol Theater during the group's annual meeting Sunday.

Burlington fire fighters, from left, Chris Parker, Matt Welch and Fire Marshall Mark Crooks dig through the rubble of a one-and-half-story home Wednesday while investigating the source of a fire that destroyed the Concordia Township house.

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It's going to be a busy week for the West High wrestling team, and they wasted no time getting... * Sioux City: $1.80. * Des Moines: $1.75. * Waterloo: $1.50. * Burlington: $1.25. * Cedar Rapids: $1.25. * Davenport: $1. * Dubuque: $1. * Iowa City: 75 cents.