Muscatine News

A Dvorchak family picture from late 1980s. Thomas and Eleanor and their children Mark, Paula and Gary photographed in their home in Muscatine, Iowa.

The latest chapter in the China-Iowa story unfolds Wednesday. China's Vice President Xi Jinping, expected to be China's top leader by 2013, will visit our state to renew friendships that took root when he visited Muscatine and Des Moines in 1985 as part of Iowa's Sister States program.

According to the Muscatine County Attorney's Office, 28-year-old Andre Williams was apprehended on charges of attempted murder, going armed with intent and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Ron Gauger and Joyce Daufeldt were married Feb. 24, 1962, at St. Mary's Church in Muscatine.

Above the Fold . The hot topic in Washington this weekend- assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un's assassination is just that -is the upcoming Valentine's Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jinping , China's vice president.

He is about to become a major player on the world stage and plans are in the works to welcome the next president of China to Muscatine.

The Muscatine police department released its annual report for 2011 and some violent crimes have double digit increases.

Gov. Terry Branstad and China's consul general are stressing the importance of trade in advance of a visit to Iowa by China's vice president.

To this day, Sarah Lande of Muscatine, Iowa remembers vividly the dinner she hosted for an ambitious young Chinese official 27 years ago.

According to the Muscatine County Attorney's Office, 28-year-old Andre Williams was apprehended on charges of attempted murder, going armed with intent and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Moms earn up to 14 percent less than women who don't have children, says a University of New Mexico study.

A visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Iowa is only rivaled by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Pope John Paul II.

In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques.

News, Weather and Sports for Sioux City, IA: KCAU-TV.comChina VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 DES MOINES, Iowa - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa.

Gov. Terry Branstad Monday compared this month's trip of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to the Living History Farms in Urbandale and Nikita Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the state.

MUSCATINE, Iowa - The Muscatine City Council has given a local resident 30 days to get rid of 2 ball pythons he's been keeping as pets in his apartment.

About a billion people in China, and hundreds of millions of others in the United States and around the world, will be hearing our state's name in association with the upcoming visit of China's Vice President Xi Jinping.

Given the choice between a nearly certain prison sentence and seeing their 24-year-old son charged in a mortgage fraud scheme, Jim and Teresa Hoffman chose prison Friday, admitting that they duped mortgage lenders out of more than $5 million.

The Muscatine police department released its annual report for 2011 and some violent crimes have double digit increases.

The fate of traffic cameras in Iowa may be a little clearer after an expected vote Thursday.