La Motte News

Christmas is right around the corner and some folks are getting an early start on the holiday lights.

Kingdom Ministries, 25th and Jackson streets, now is based in the building that used to house Faith United Methodist Church.

Lily Kies, 12, of La Motte, Iowa, receives instruction while trap shooting Oct. 24 at Dubuqueland Pheasants Forever's seventh Youth Pheasant Hunt at Ringneck Ridge Wildlife Area near Worthington, Iowa.

BELLEVUE, Iowa -- A truck driver faces a minor charge, but probably some hefty bills for damages, after he drove a logging truck with its boom arm up for about 12 miles Tuesday morning, snagging and snapping overhead electrical wires along the way.

A wigwam demonstration is set for 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Hurstville Interpretive Center in Maquoketa.

Kylie Conrad, 6, of Maquoketa, Iowa, feeds an alpaca Sunday at the Irish Meadows Alpaca Farm in La Motte.

LA MOTTE, Iowa - Livestock raisers know most of their animals are destined to be killed and eaten, but not so for alpaca growers.

2, turned herself in to police on warrants charging harassment of a public officer and false application for an ID.

Breaking - 6:51 PM - Dubuque man stabbed to death Courtney Blanchard TH staff writer Sunday August 16, 2009 One man in custody after two men stabbed in Dubuque's North End Breaking - 10:50 AM - Columbus Junction woman dies in motorcycle crash near Galena Courtney Blanchard TH staff writer Sunday August 16, 2009 Breaking - 10:15 AM - Man dies in ...

* Amanda Pfeiler, 19, La Motte, Iowa, reported $500 in damage to her car while it was parked at 1355 Bluff St.

Ashley Hoffman, 10 months , Ashlyn Kruse, 1 , and Carter Gravel, 7 months, race to the finish line during the first Diaper Derby competition at the fair.

Jean Lange , of Dubuque, and Barb Tupper, of Cedar Rapids, staple decorations to a float as Claire Tupper, 13, of Cedar Rapids, and Theresa Koos, 14, of La Motte, paint.