Marengo News

Tonch Weldon's arraignment for a first-degree murder charge has been set for July 9. Weldon, 37, is accused of shooting and killing Amy Gephart, 35, - who was living with Weldon, his wife, and two children - with a 20-gauge shotgun before turning the gun on himself in his home three miles north of Marengo on June 7. Gephart was pronounced dead at ...

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum will hold a Fourth of July celebration Saturday, which will include patriotic entertainment and exhibits.

Caleb Lee Cronbaugh, 19, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in a single-car accident near Ladora.

Several severe thunderstorms passed through Johnson County on Sunday night, bringing torrential downpours and the threat of tornadoes.

A tornado touches ground just west of Dike as pictured from the off ramp of Highway 20 looking to the west Sunday June 21, 2009 near Dike, Iowa.

Pictures looking west to Ladora/Marengo at around 8:00. Dave Doran Add a comment Name: Comment: 250 Characters Left By submitting a comment to this web site, I affirm that I have read, understand, agree to and shall abide by the following rules and regulations as a term and condition of all comments which I may post.

Traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 80 near the 214 mile marker, between Ladora and Marengo, as water is flowing over the roadway.

A shotgun was used to kill Amy Gephart on Sunday, the Iowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Tuesday.

We continue to follow a developing story out of Iowa County. Investigators have confirmed that 36-year old Amy Gephart died Sunday from a gunshot wound.

Marengo, Ia. - A 37-year-old Blairstown man was charged Monday with first-degree murder in a weekend shooting that ended in what authorities called a failed suicide attempt.

Gazette reporter Steve Gravelle is on the scene of a possible shooting in Iowa County.

Officials are investigating a possible shooting in Iowa County. Authorities are not confirming any information at this time.

A woman is dead, a man in the hospital is charged with first-degree murder, and what's emerging is a picture of an unusual domestic situation that suddenly became explosive.

Authorities say one person is dead and another injured near Marengo in eastern Iowa.

The Iowa County Sheriff has confirmed that one person was killed and another injured at a home on L Avenue just north of Marengo on Sunday.

One person was apparently shot to death Sunday afternoon and another seriously wounded at a rural Marengo home.

Raymond W. Nace, age 79, of Ladora, died on Monday, May 25, 2009 at the Marengo Memorial Hospital.

My beloved mother, Doris Irene Yates, passed away from natural causes on Monday, May 18, 2009 at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton, Wa.

Leo John Glenny, 50, of 1869 108th St. in Marengo was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, drunken driving at 8:03 p.m. Saturday, Apr.

Two people are hurt after a crash in west of Marengo. It happened Saturday around 3:30 p.m. on 212th Blvd.