Columbus Junction News

By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com Porfirio Reyes Corrales will be calling a federal penitentiary home for the next 10 years after he was sentenced last week on drug and weapons charges.

With all the rain we've had this month, and another a stormy weekend, things are looking hauntingly familiar in parts of Louisa County.

Last year at this time, one Eastern Iowa community came together to fix their fairgrounds after historic flooding threatened their summer tradition.

A tornado touches ground just west of Dike as pictured from the off ramp of Highway 20 looking to the west Sunday June 21, 2009 near Dike, Iowa.

Heat isn't the only problem across eastern Iowa right now -- Sunday's storms are still causing problems across the area.

It must be bad because my friend couldn't even go home in Columbus Junction from work tonight.

Immediately after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 1, General Motors Corp.

Changes in the secondary handbook included modifying the district's academic ineligibility to comply with state rules.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa and Mount Pleasant mayor, visits the Colonel's Kids Child Care Center Wednesday in Columbus Junction.

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver, lends a hand and loads sandbags into the back of a pick up truck Wednesday June 11, 2008 in Columbus Junction, Iowa.

The spotlight was intense but brief for Dannie and Curtis White. Their impromptu marriage on June 19, 2008, on a highway bridge in flooded Columbus Junction was too much for the state and news media to resist.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - "Actually what happened to us during the flood last year is an amazing story," said Columbus Junction Mayor Dan Wilson.

The Coralville Lake Reservoir held water back, as it was supposed to, to prevent flooding downstream in spring 2008.

Eyerly is the city's utilities operations manager and responsible for flood recovery work at the water and wastewater treatment facilities.

Russia has banned pork imported from Tyson Foods plants at Waterloo and Columbus Junction in Iowa.

Margery M. Stoneking, 84, formerly of Columbus Junction, died Monday, June 1, 2009.

Gerrie Kaalberg of West Liberty will celebrate her 80th birthday! She was born on May 29, 1929 in Nebraska.

A proposal to settle a property tax valuation dispute for the IBP packing plant property at Columbus Junction was offered to the company Friday by Louisa County Assessor Greg Johnson.

Matchups set for MMA event Sunday The card has been set for Sunday's mixed martial arts event at the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds, when Revolution Combat Championships hosts a 14-bout bill beginning at 7 p.m. The main event will feature a five-round lightweight title bout between Columbus Junction's Rod Montoya and Travis Nath of Clinton.

Man's best friend is always there -- except when 'man' is no longer able to care or live with them.