Oelwein News

In a new book, author Nick Reding attributes the working-class meth use in Oelwein, Iowa, to the consolidation of industry.

STANLEY A microbrewery near Oelwein is in the process of expanding. Hub City Brewing Company in Stanely brews, bottles and ships seven different beers from its location on Highway 3. Three years ago, the company began by purchasing a small microbrewing system.

To live outside the law you must be honest * July 05, 2009 Methland = USA Oelwein, Iowa, described in Methland : The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding , gets the Manhattan condescension treatment via New York Times book review : The madness stalking tiny, defenseless Oelwein may eventually come for all of us... Methamphetamine ...

Wasted Land Methland The Death and Life of an American Small Town By Nick Reding 255 pp.

Next week, Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will host a series of town hall meetings throughout the 1st Congressional District to receive input on health care reform pending in Congress.

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office has arrested five teenagers for a string of burglaries.

Unfortunately for them, the IRS, all federal judges, the U.S. Marshals service, and the Bureau of Prisons have a contrary view.

An eastern Iowa man has been arrested on multiple charges after a 16-year-old girl told police he kidnapped and sexually abused her.

Nathan Lein of Oelwein wrestles with a sturdy piece of plastic, possibly from a portable toilet, as he helps clean up along Big Creek near Marion during the annual Project Aware river cleanup Tuesday.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin created a small scandal when she told a North Carolina crowd, "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America." Outside of whatever political hay the left ...

LOCATION: Community Concert: Williams Center for the Arts, 317 8th Avenue SE. 7pm $12.50 adults, $5 students - cast family members receive price break.

This is a horrifying book. It has images in it indescribable in a family newspaper.

Three people were taken to the hospital after a crash at the entrance to the Corner Market on Hwy 150 and Hwy 3 just north of Oelwein Thursday.

Golf courses should think about lowering their rates to attract business. $40-plus for a round of golf during the week and $60 on a weekend is crazy.

People and doctors in Oelwein are worried about the future of the town's hospital.

Rumors that Mercy Hospital in Oelwein will be closed are untrue, a spokeswoman said.

Progress at a local hospital comes to a stop after local leadership is shoved aside.

The Gazette DENVER, Iowa - Dawn Joy Voshell, 45, of Oelwein, has been identified as the driver who died in an accident Saturday in Bremer County Voshell was thrown from her car after it collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck driven by Kenneth Dreyling of Albert Lea, Minn., along Highway 63 north of Denver shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, the ...

Two people are dead and another is hurt after a crash just south of Kendallville on Highway 139, in Winneshiek County Saturday morning.

BOYS - Atlantic senior Jordan Mullen won the 400-meter hurdles in 52.82 seconds, with Iowa Falls-Alden's Keaton Rickels taking second .