Oakville News

Nearly all homes that applied will receive funding. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com The words "buyout" and "approved" have seemed unlikely to be united in a sentence and followed by real funding, since shortly after the levees gave way in the spring of 2008, in what has since been named one of the top five worst disasters.

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.

Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . A garage roof rests against a home on C Street SW on June 16, 2008, after floodwaters began receding across the city.

Few challengers come out in city races in Louisa County. At the edge of a county with few contested city races, Oakville is a hotbed of election activity.

Trucking company owners Ward and Trina Gabeline rushed to their friends' and neighbors' aid when the mandatory evacuation was ordered for this town of nearly 400 people just before the levee broke last year.

The Iowa River is once again pouring through a gap in an area levee break that has yet to be fully repaired since the levee was breached during the Flood of 2008.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye What is left of a flood-damaged house is seen Tuesday at 3248 240th St.

Summer can be for learning just as much as the school year can. Just ask Matthew Jones of Piscataway, who spent a week in Iowa helping rebuild homes after devastating floods and tornadoes in 2008 displaced about 40,000 residents.

West Burlington man given list of requirements if he opts to leave jail. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com Strict conditions were placed on James Andrew Jackson in case he comes up with the money to bail himself out of jail, where he is being held on charges of three counts of possession of meth precursors and one count of possession of ...

James Andrew Jackson's daughter may be the key to his arrest on serious drug charges.

"In my eyes, she was a hero because she stepped up when no one else did, and offered to help us.

It's been one year since flood waters started to take over much of the area. people across the QCA are still trying to pick up the pieces.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Sand bags pile up on the levees near Oakville as 4- wheel vehicles power down the levee to deliver more bags in an effort to stop the rising Iowa River near Oakville.

Residents, volunteers work toward town's future. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com OAKVILLE -- There is no telling how many people are going to return to the flood-devastated town that at one time boasted nearly 500 residents.

Oakville, Ia. - Sweat and tears alone cannot save this city. The men and women who pulled Oakville from the brink of flood destruction say it will take $2 million in grant money - not buyout money alone - if the incorporated city is to carry on as anything more than a cluster of homes and small businesses in southeast Iowa.