Danville News

If re-elected as Des Moines County board chairman, Jeff Heland said he would have considered it a vote of confidence from his colleagues.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Danville High School students, from left, Zach Scott, 17, Eric Alberts, 17, and Jacob Griffin, 17, perform a Bart Howard skit A'The Mystery of the Rumpled Bunk," during the Des Moines County Historical Society's A'A USO Christmas" Sunday in the Bart Howard Room in the Des Moines County Heritage Center in Burlington.

The event ran from 4 to 6 p.m., and lights and people filled the downtown businesses.

The following schools have been canceled for today . * Burlington Public and Notre Dame Schools * Carousel Preschool * Central Lee * Clark County R1 * Danville * Fort Madison Public and Holy Trinity * Good Shepherd Christian Preschool * Great River Christian * Hamilton, Ill.

James Richard Nelson, 40, was hunting on private land with his 14-year-old son, Zach Nelson, when they both fired at a deer running between them.

The Christmas Walk itself will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, but the Danville Museum will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. with a 1942 World War II Christmas display.

Suit alleges director knew of relationship, ignored it. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com A civil lawsuit raises serious allegations against a Burlington treatment center, accusing its administrator of having knowledge that a former therapist had a sexual relationship with a juvenile client and did nothing about it.

Bucktail Lodge owners hire a lawyer in their battle against the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.

Each did not favor the candidate that was behind. In Friday's recount of the Nov.

On Tuesday, more than a dozen elected officials, professionals and citizens attended a meeting to review revised floodplain maps for Des Moines County.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye After checking the fuel gauge, retired UPS supervisor Roger Junker of Burlington leaps from a crashed UPS truck Monday at the scene of an accident on Y Camp Road in rural Burlington.

Danville Mayor LeRoy Lippert has a deal for the Burlington library board of directors he hopes they can't refuse.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Fancy Nancy fans, pictured clockwise from lower left, Kennedy Ritter, 3, of West Burlington; Emma Perdelwitz, 4, of Danville; and Taylor Siegel, 5, of Burlington, listen to a story during the Fancy Nancy Tea Party Saturday at the Burlington Public Library.

A Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning play will hit the Danville Junior High School gym this weekend.

The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division suspended the liquor license for Danville's Bucktail Lodge effective immediately for failing to maintain an Iowa sales tax permit.

As part of Gov. Chet Culver's 10 percent across-the-board budget cuts Iowa schools will receive $238.5 million less in state aid this fiscal year.

"We're appealing it. That's all there is to it," said Scott Beach, who owns the Bucktail Lodge with his wife, Jan.

Jacob Griffin sometimes can't see the course markings during a cross country race.

In the meantime, authorities have released the name of the woman: Catherine Lea Stinson.

THE DES MOINES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 5:45 P.M. ON MONDAY NEAR DANVILLE.