Montezuma News

It's a sad chapter that local historians will be loath to record. Several newspapers that have served east-central Iowa communities since the late 1800s are coming to an end.

A weekend crash in Keokuk County sent a Heartland woman to the hospital. The crash happened just before 10 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Highways 92 and 21.

After more than 20 years, Capt. Tim Besco will work his last shift on Tuesday before retiring from the Oskaloosa Fire Department.

By Ronnie Miller/The Tribune U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Mark Ellson speaks to a crowd gathered for Tuesday's Veterans Day program at Ames City Hall auditorium.

Unsure of your polling place? Look it up right now . Vote absentee if they can't find you.

Jerry Ben and Tom Spoerl, of the Sherrill Fire Department, extinguish flare-ups Saturday in the burned-out remains of Breitbach's Country Dining in Balltown, Iowa.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa - It took only minutes for a trailer to burn to the ground over the weekend in Montezuma in central Iowa.

The 1986 National Teacher of the Year served as this year's guest speaker at the annual Bishop's Dinner Sunday night.

A trailer home burned to the ground today at Lake Ponderosa near Montezuma. David Arendt, liaison officer for the Montezuma Fire Department, said when authorities arrived at the scene at approximately 1 p.m. ...

Mahaska County Sheriff's Office and Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office deputies executed a search warrant in rural Poweshiek County at a residence belonging to Kent Harpman, 67, of Montezuma, according to a ...

POSTED: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 --- 11:00 p.m. A Grant County man is dead after falling into a lake in Iowa.

Melissa Lackore and Derrick Flippin of West Des Moines, Iowa, were married in an afternoon ceremony, Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa.

The 36th annual Henkle reunion was held Sunday,Aug. 3, at the Exline Community Center in Exline.

The 2008 Southern Iowa Fair Diaper Derby and Decorated Diaper contest was held Saturday morning on the Free Stage.

Montezuma, Ia. - Surrounded by greening fields of corn and soybeans, a dozen farmers from Iowa and two from Illinois chewed on Iowa Chops and talked about crop conditions at the English Valley Bed and ...

A Peosta, Iowa, man injured in a fatal accident Wednesday morning near Montezuma, Iowa, was reported in serious condition Saturday afternoon at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.

Montezuma, Ia. - The Independence Day celebration here is called 'Let Freedom Ring.' There's a parade around the town square, funnel cakes, giant hunks of chicken grilled by the Lions Club and, at nightfall, a ...

A Barnes City man was killed Wednesday when the car he was driving was struck head-on after a man attempted to pass uphill in the rain.