Norwalk News

The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the Norwalk Police Department will have their seventh annual D.A.R.E. Golf Fundraiser at 5 p.m. Friday, July 17, at Rolling Hills Golf Course south of Norwalk.

Parades, fireworks and live music are scheduled throughout Warren County to commemorate the Fourth of July holiday.

Last Thursday wasn't really a big deal for Frances Frecentese of Norwalk. She likened it to any other birthday.

BASEBALL Valley 15, Roosevelt 6 Valley's Taylor Nelson went 2-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run and Brendon Fifer hit a two-run home run.

The city of Norwalk is moving forward with a light and street improvements project at the intersection of Iowa Highway 28 and Colonial Parkway.

Norwalk Community Services Director Dean Yordi retired this week after working nearly two decades for the city where he had planned to stay only about five years.

Two major movies will be filmed in central Iowa this summer. Oscar-winning actors Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker, along with Cedar Rapids native Elijah Wood, will be in Des Moines to film 'The Experiment,' a 2010 remake of the 2001 German psych-thriller 'Das Experiment.' Filming will start July 13, according to location scout John Busbee.

A man was killed and two women hurt in a rollover crash near Norwalk on Thursday night.

Alcohol use is suspected in a one-car crash that killed a Warren County man and injured two others late Thursday, officials said.

The Warren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a single car accident that killed a man late Thursday night.

A former Norwalk teacher convicted of having a two-year affair with an underage female now faces misconduct charges from the Iowa Board of Athletic Training.

Des Moines leaders will angle for a stronger voice on Warren County economic development issues as they sharpen plans for future growth southward.

Two more Warren County community school districts will be able to offer free preschool to 4-year-olds next year thanks to a competitive grant awarded by the state.

A former Norwalk teacher will spend 30 days in jail and up to 11 years on probation for continuing his sexual relationship with an 18-year-old girl.

Proof that dads will do almost anything to ensure their daughters' adoration: Todd Cort of Norwalk on Friday dolled himself up in a wig, dress, heels , black pantyhose, bright nail polish and a pink feathery boa.

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A proposed 'urban chicken' ordinance was voted down by the Norwalk City Council last week after it had passed the first reading at the previous meeting.

Norwalk's fourth annual Soap Box Derby will zoom down Main Street next weekend. The city will also host a classic car show to add to this year's event.

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.