Middletown News

Xianne McChesney, 8, of Burlington, a Brownie with Girl Scout Troop 9180 in West Burlington, was top seller in the 38-county Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois in 2011, when she sold 2,377 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.

Des Moines County department heads were asked Tuesday to get out their red pens and cut another 4 percent from their budgets to avoid raising tax levies in the next fiscal year.

A retired U.S. general who made comments denigrating Islam has been invited to speak to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy during a national prayer breakfast next month.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Rigdon's sermon, "Who Is In Charge," during the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.

Des Moines County Supervisors have their work cut out. Pieces of the 2012-13 fiscal year budget are coming together after supervisors spent the past two weeks listening to budget requests from department heads and various agencies.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Rigdon's sermon, "Be Still and Know," during the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.