Wednesday Dec 2 | The Democrat
Presence of texting in crash unclear
Authorities said Tuesday it's impossible to know whether 15-year-old Alyssa Jo Vanderhoff of Marathon was reading or writing a text message when she crashed her pickup truck two weeks ago.
A Marathon teenager is dead after a one vehicle accident in Buena Vista County. Sheriff Gary Launderville says deputies, Sioux Rapids police, fire and ambulance crews along with an ambulance from the Buena Vista Regional medical center were paged out around 7:15 Thursday night.
South Clay residents' questions answered
First of three dissolution public hearings held The first of three public hearings surrounding South Clay's dissolution following the 2009-10 school year was just like a lot of church services in that the front row filled in last.
Irma C. Ritchie, age 98, of Albert City, Iowa died on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City.
More times than not, it's men doing the heavy lifting and hard work on a construction site, but Habitat for Humanity showed that women can do anything men can.