Manchester News

What will it take for President Barack Obama and our congressional representatives to realize the catastrophe that is overtaking rural America as dairy farmers face prices that are lower than what we received in the 1970s? Every other week seems to bring news of another farm suicide, another lifelong dairy farmer out of business, and despair from ...

Orlan Love photos/The Gazette Keith Thompson of Manchester watches Wednesday as workers with B&J Hauling and Excavation of Monticello rebuild a dike along the Maquoketa River.

Stephanie Shipley, 28, of rural Manchester, was killed when she fell from a horse late Sunday, authorities said.

Carol Ann Kephart, 66, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, at her home in rural Manchester, following a long battle with breast cancer.

Speakers at the rally said raw milk prices far below the cost of production threaten to put as many as 25 percent of the nation's dairy farmers out of business.

MANCHESTER, Iowa -- A man allegedly enters the home of his ex-girlfriend, fires two shots and leaves the woman with serious injuries.

Kendra Carpenter holds her pet pug, Candy Cane, that was found in Cedar Rapids after it was stolen from her Delaware County Dog Rescue operation in rural Earlville.

Nebraska lawmakers are celebrating their accomplishments after moving through a relatively light agenda, and then the Legislature adjourned three days early.

A man tumbled about 60 feet down a steep hill and landed in a creek at Backbone State Park on Monday night.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:38 PM by Ken Anderson The sale barn in Manchester, Iowa - north of Cedar Rapids - will be the site of a dairy rally this Saturday.

Woodbury County authorities are holding a resident of Mexico on five million dollars bond for the rape and murder of a South Sioux City, Nebraska child.

Vehicles crowd the parking lot at Runde Chevrolet in East Dubuque, Ill. A week after General Motors issued more than 1,000 letters to dealers telling them to prepare for the end, there still didn't appear to be any tri-state-area dealers slated for closure.

JoAnn Bruns, 69, died Wednesday at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha after a short illness related to her long struggle with emphysema.

In an effort to help revitalize Ottumwa, officials in late April reclaimed its status as the video game capital of the world.

Authorities in northwest Iowa have arrested a man wanted on a federal arrest warrant for probation violation.

A judge is expected to set a trial date for a northeast Iowa man accused of cutting his father's pacemaker from his chest.

MANCHESTER, Iowa -- A 4-H photography project meeting series has been planned at the Delaware County Extension Office.

A northeast Iowa man accused of cutting his father's pacemaker from his chest has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and willful injury causing serious injury.

Dave Schultz , a retiring West Delaware High School government teacher who is battling cancer, has received support from many former students, including Jeff Lenhart of McGregor, who graduated in 2003 and organized the sale of T-shirts to support his former teacher.

West Delaware High School has received a 2008 Excellence in Energy Efficiency Award for utilizing energy efficiency in construction upgrades.