Postville News

Please provide some background information about yourself. Bechtel: I've been married to Sandra for 12 years and she has been owner and operator of Mirror Images in Waukon for a number of years.

Melody Simmonds, 16, of Decorah, was killed when she lost control of a sport-utility vehicle on Highway 52 near 120th Street around 10:10 p.m., according to the Iowa State Patrol.

In Allamakee County District Court Tuesday, Judge Thomas Bitter approved Upper Explorerland's second motion for summary judgment, dismissing the final remaining allegation in the petition brought by the city of Postville and Jason Meyer, owner of the Postville Herald.

The changing demographic landscape in America is giving way to a growth of diversity that's becoming a familiar song in some rather unexpected places.

Blake said that while there may be some opposition to the request, the Board of Adjustment may grant the variance if safety concerns can be adequately addressed.

A former U.S. Attorney appointed by President Obama who previously came under scrutiny by the Jewish Orthodox community may soon be confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a federal judgeship, after she received a majority vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Edward Lear, an English painter and writer of limericks and nonsense poems, in 1812; nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820; French composer Jules Emile Massenet in 1842; lawmaker and author Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850; novelist Philip Wylie in 1902; actor Katharine Hepburn in ... (more)

Sholom Rubashkin, it's easy to argue, is bad for the Jews. He's the man who was in charge of Agriprocessors, which was the largest kosher meat producer in the country when its plant in Postville, Iowa, became the site of a huge 2008 immigration raid that led to the detention of 389 workers.