Fremont News

There's a reason why they go up so fast. Mahaska County Habitat for Humanity is currently helping build a home on South B Street in Oskaloosa, with another scheduled to go up soon.

The Eddyville-Blakesburg School Board this week discussed its desire to continue a longstanding agreement of whole-grade sharing at the high school level with the Fremont school district.

The town's library has many supporters, and Friends of the Library, a nonprofit group, wanted to thank them.

The fourth annual Greater Southeast Iowa Tractor Ride is coming soon, with more than 100 tractors, riders and support staff leaving Fremont at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, for an overnight stay at Williamsburg.

Nebraska health officials say six probable cases of the H1N1 flu virus are pending at the state's health lab in Omaha.

Ralpha J. Zanger, 61, of Ottumwa, Iowa, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, following a short illness.

In June search and rescue dog Talyn assisted Urban Search and Rescue team member and Cedar Rapids firefighter Eric Vandewater of North Liberty at a Czech Village home in southeast Cedar Rapids.