Independence News

The cause of a Sunday night fire that destroyed a family's home has yet to be determined, Independence Fire Chief Doug Cook said Monday morning.

In a tie, voters on Tuesday rejected the revenue purpose statement for the Independence Community School District's school infrastructure sales tax.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa - More cases of whooping cough are showing up in Buchanan County in northeast Iowa.

Harlan E. Reck, 75, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at West Village Care Center in Independence.

Master Chorus Eastside once again presents its All-American Independence Celebration at 3 p.m. Sunday June 28, at Issaquaha s historic Pickering Barn at 1730 10th Ave NW.

Eric Paxton of Harlan and a worker with Sta-Bilt Construction smooths imperfections in the layer of Slurry Seal being applied Monday along Highway D-22 in Buchanan County, east of Independence.

Police have arrested an Independence man accused of pushing his girlfriend out of a car traveling about 40 mph in northeast Iowa.

Independence, Ia. - Buchanan County health officials said five cases of whooping cough have been diagnosed.

While University Hospitals in Iowa City says job cuts won't hurt patient care, many patients we spoke with aren't sure.

The British Broadcasting Corp. is looking for an Iowa farm family to host two British teenagers in late July.

Finalists for Cedar Rapids Flood Recovery Director met with the public on Monday night.

Thousands of volunteers. Countless hours stacking sandbags. It couldn't save Wilma Ehrdhart's home of 24 years.

Kevin Fogle, 19, of Independence, was hospitalized after a collision Monday afternoon near Hazleton in northern Buchanan County, the Iowa State Patrol said.

Progress at a local hospital comes to a stop after local leadership is shoved aside.

The Associated Press DES MOINES -- Two years into an effort to boost Iowa's alternative energy industry, the state has given $35 million to established businesses, startups and academics to spur growth in the state.

Union Head Coach Joe Schmitz will be running the Future Stars Volleyball Camp at St.

Voters here on Tuesday rejected the issuance of $1.8 million in bonds to remodel the former Fareway grocery store into a new Independence City Centre.

Karen Kay Haars, 68, of Guttenberg, formerly of Winthrop, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, after a long illness.

The symbols of wind power - the stately turbines standing over Iowa's farm fields - will soon be joined by old-school images of transmission towers and power lines.

"Angel" Recovering from Surgery Working for Wind in Siouxland Northwest Iowa Manure Spill A local teen nearly fell to her death while trying to retrieve her cell phone this morning.