Jesup News

The danger of a fire involving thousands of gallons of burning ethanol is something that's worried Iowa firefighters since the alternative fuel boom began years ago.

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.

Jesup, Ia. - The Jesup school district has hired a new superintendent. Nathan Marting is superintendent and principal for sixth through 12th grades in the Midland school district east of Cedar Rapids.

JESUP As part of an extensive unit, eighth graders at Jesup Middle School are studying the Holocaust.

In a couple of weeks, Jon Reynolds will fly from Cedar Rapids to Bahrain to visit his good buddy Crown Prince Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

The state is finally recognizing a hero that proudly served his country. Richard Youngblut was wounded while serving in the Korean War, but did not receive a purple heart.

One man is in a hospital and the other is in jail after a van struck a motorcycle near Littleton late Tuesday.

After 57 years, a portion of the wrong was finally made right. In January 1952, Dick Youngblut took a bullet in his back while fighting with the U.S. Army in Korea.

The Purple Heart came belatedly Tuesday to Korean War veteran Richard Youngblut, who took his own life in 1993 after suffering physical and emotional war wounds for 40 years.

Gerald R. "Gerry" Steen, 74, of 5009 Broadlawn Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Jesup, died at home on Saturday, March 7, 2009, following a bout with cancer.

Tom Waters, 98, is reflected in a multi-panel mirror at one end of the barbershop in Coggon where he's been cutting hair for 63 years.

BREAKING NEWS from the CBS 2 Newsroom. Rescue workers are on the scene in Jesup, where several train cars have derailed.

POLICE CHIEF RICK DEITRICK SAYS THREE CARS WENT OF THE TRACKS AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE TIPPING.

Some residents of Jesup in eastern Iowa remain out of their homes after a freight train derailment.

A train derailment has authorities in Buchanan County busy late Sunday afternoon.

Shelly Koontz will meet the author of the book that cost her $250 bail and an unflattering photo.

A theft charge over a missing library book has been dismissed against an Iowa woman who was jailed when she failed to return the overdue tome.

The author of the unreturned library book that landed an Independence woman in jail last month will speak here Feb.

First thing Monday morning, I drove to the Marion Public Library to drop off some overdue books.

The Gazette posed the question incorrectly in its recent Your View poll when asking, 'Should police have arrested an Independence woman for failing to return a book to the Jesup Public Library.' A more ...