Oelwein News

Authorities in Fayette County have filed a felony charge against Robert Conner, 42, in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Authorities in Fayette County say they have filed felony charges against an Oelwein resident in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Journalist Nick Reding's 2009 book "Methland" described the struggles the Oelwein community had with residents who had a methamphetamine habit.

Oelwein residents explain their community's battle against methamphetamines Posted: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Three prominent members of the Oelwein community on Thursday visited Luther College to describe their community's struggle against methamphetamine use.

WATERLOO A call of duty for 3500 soldiers from the Iowa National Guard. Troops are being alerted for potential mobilization to Afghanistan.

Crews are on scene of a fire that broke out in a downtown Postville bakery late Saturday morning.

Posted on Sep 28, 2009 by orlanlove . A group takes a tour of one of two closed wings at the Cromwell Childrena s Unit at Independence Mental Health Institute as part of the MHI Task Force meeting in Independence, September 28, 2009.

Posted on Sep 29, 2009 by orlanlove . The former Tyson plant in Independence is shown in this March 2006 file photo.

September 28, 2009 One woman's idea to help flood victims takes off in a big way.

When parents hold their child for the first time, they feel a new sense of joy and the intense desire to protect that child.

A therapy dog stolen from an Oelwein retirement home has been returned. 8-year-old Sasha disappeared from the Oelwein Health Care Center last week, and while folks there thought that she may have been stolen, they weren't sure until today.

It's much quieter than usual at the Oelwein Care Facility, and its the silence that has the people here worried sick.

The family of an eastern Iowa soldier killed in Iraq is putting a very special gift on display.

Waterloo, Ia. - Authorities have begun to round up suspects named in connection with a million-dollar methamphetamine ring that operated in Iowa and Arizona.

Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will continue a series of town hall meetings he began last month to seek constituents' input on healthcare reform legislation pending in Congress.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Nick Reding, author of a well-received book about methamphetamine's grip on a small town, believes the drug is "only a symptom of a larger economic and ultimately political problem." "That problem is essentially that people can't make money anymore to do the jobs that have kept places in the middle of the country going for a ...

Authorities have begun rounding up suspects named in connection with a million-dollar methamphetamine ring that operated in Iowa and Arizona.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who fathered a child with a woman who later married another man.

Nick Reding is theA author of "Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town." The book has earned strong reviews and is bringing more attention to meth use in the heartland.

Bruce Bearinger has been named the ISU Extension Region 11 Director in charge of Dubuque, Delaware and Jackson Counties.