Martensdale News

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released its preseason girls basketball rankings and Lynnville-Sully will begin the season ranked No.

A statewide cut to school funding forced the Martensdale-St. Marys Community School District board to eliminate seven support staff positions effective Dec.

When Gov. Chet Culver issued a 10 percent across-the-board cut earlier this month, he encouraged school districts to use their cash reserves to make up for the loss of state money.

The small town of Bevington doubled in size last week when a film crew from the upcoming movie 'Janie Jones' shot scenes using the local gas station.

It was an historic homecoming for Martensdale-St. Marys Community School District students last week.

CARLISLE Incumbent John Judisch, 39, received 126 votes to win the one open at-large seat.

Students returning to the upper elementary schools in Carlisle and Norwalk next week won't need hard hats, but construction work will continue on their buildings throughout the school year.

Leave it to a woman to do a man's job. Well that's not exactly fair, but you could say Carolyn Pilcher is the woman behind a new men's organization in town.

A bike verses truck crash in April is fueling the debate over bike riders on country roads.

Nguyen Tran was riding alone - sort of - but he never got lonely. The 40-year-old Texan had more than 10,000 friends riding with him on the Great Annual Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, even if he didn't know all of the.

Indianola, Ia. - The bikers will be gone today, but they'll have left a lasting impression on the Indianola town square.

Kim Downs did not even hesitate - 1,153. That's the exact number of pie slices the congregation of St.

Just a few years ago, getting to Gray's Lake in Des Moines on a bicycle required taking your life into your own hands.

An Ottumwa man involved in a fatal accident last week awaits trial in Wapello County on a prior charge of driving with a revoked driver's license.

Nebraska storm chaser Eddy Weiss asked Norwalk elementary students why they should get into the bathtub if they couldn't seek shelter in a basement during a tornado.

A 17-year-old Norwalk minor will be enrolled in a state training program for at least five months after he confessed last week to burglarizing Martensdale Community Church and a McAninch Sports Complex concession stand in Norwalk.

A 76-year-old Martensdale woman was killed Sunday, May 31, in a head-on collision along Iowa Highway 92 east of Center Chapel Church.

A 76-year-old Martensdale woman was killed in a head-on collision on Sunday. The Warren County Sheriff's Office says a vehicle driven by 33-year-old Clifford Davis of Ottumwa crossed the center line at milemarker 126 on Highway 92.

JOE HRDLICKA lives in West Des Moines. He writes a blog on training: http://coachhrd.blogspot.com Contact: jghrdlicka@mchsi.com * May 23, 2009 You often hear trails cited as a buzzword promoting a positive quality of life in a community.

Martensdale-St. Marys school officials will use one-cent sales tax revenue on a $3.3 million project to revamp the district's football field, track, air conditioning and technology.