Maquoketa News

A Maquoketa man was shot in the arm and hit in the head by someone who broke into the man's home.

An Illinois man was trapped for more than 20 hours in a cave at an Iowa state park before being rescued Saturday.

A rescuer hugs an unidentified woman after returning from a cave where a man has been trapped for more than 17 hours at Maquoketa Caves State Park this afternoon, Saturday, May 19, 2012 Logan Eliasen, 20, of Port Byron, Ill., was freed from the narrow part of the cave at approximately 3:30 p.m. after being stuck since approximately 6:45 p.m.

While President Barack Obama hosts world leaders at Camp David, Michelle Obama is entertaining their spouses at the White House.

Park Ranger Scot Dykstra, with the Department of Natural resources said park visitors found two people stuck in Wye Cave Friday at 8 p.m. One woman was freed from the cave Saturday at about 1 a.m. A report says she was treated on scene and released.

Rescue crews are working to free a man trapped in a cave at an Iowa state park. Park Ranger Scot Dykstra says visitors discovered two people lodged in Wye Cave at Maquoketa Caves State Park about 8 p.m. Friday and alerted park staff.

I loved camp when I was little. Well, I loved the second half of camp. The first few days of any camp session usually found me homesick , but after I got over that, camp was the best thing ever! Growing up, IA attended church camp and Girl Scout camp, 4-H camp and horseback riding camp.

News that the Legislature has moved closer to committing $5 million to help rebuild Lake Delhi dam has energized residents and merchants in the eastern Iowa community.

Spent yesterday afternoon at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Maquoketa, Iowa, taking in the 3rd annual Vintage Torque Fest, where I also took in $5 pork-chops-on-a-stick and lungfuls of dust from the quarter mile bowl dirt track.Tastiest of all was the delicious iron on hand, as evinced by the following photo essay.

Wednesday Iowa's Best Burger Award sponsored by the Iowa Beef Industry Council and Iowa Cattlemen's Association announced its winner.