Tipton News

TIPTON, IA, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Carol A. Jasperson, Administrative Assistant for The University of Iowa, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of higher education.

Barbara L. Spickermann, 71, of Bennett, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Genesis West Hospital from complications of Glioblastoma.

For more than 140 years, West Liberty, Atalissa and Nichols have been getting community news from the West Liberty Index.

BOYS - Tipton senior Eric Thien won the 3,200 meters in 9:33.34, with Eddyville-Blakesburg's Zach Baker taking second .

OAK HARBOR: Robert E. Aikman, 78, of Oak Harbor, and formerly of Tipton, Iowa passed away at his residence on May 15, 2009.

Kenneth Alvin Gaul, 84, of Tipton, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Cedar Manor following a brief illness.

The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival finished its seventh annual event Saturday.

Some of the faces and all of the names of the 186 European refugees who came to the Scattergood Hostel near West Branch during World War II are included in a display about the hostel at the Cedar County Historical Society museum north of Tipton.

Seventy years ago, World War II refugees started to arrive at a temporary hostel near West Branch, the Scattergood Friends School.

The Cedar County Historical Society Museum will host a "Stone Age Fair" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at its building, 1094 Highway 38 in Tipton.

Do not have confidence; look down when talking; stutter as you speak using 'um' and 'uh' as many times as you can; wear a mask.

A traffic stop in Cedar County resulted in a manhunt and early morning arrest of an Iowa City man.

Charles E. Thumm, 72, of 207 Walnut St., Tipton, died Monday, March 9, 2009, in Mercy Iowa City, from complications of renal failure.

Joseph Patrick "Pat" Maher, 73, of West Branch, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, at Mercy Iowa City due to complications from surgery.

Love in an Envelope: A Courtship in the American West Edited by Daniel Tyler & Betty Henshaw University of New Mexico Press , 210 pages, $34.95 Love in an Envelope collects the letters that Leroy Carpenter and ...

As first reported on KCRG-TV9 News on Saturday, the Griffith family from Mechanicsville found the cell phone containing the last photos taken of its youngest member, 23-year-old Noel Griffith.

Sixth, 7th and 8th grade students at Sioux City's Mater Dei Nativity School watched the inauguration ceremony in the school library.

A fire destroyed the rural Tipton home of Dan and Eryka Driscoll Saturday night, Tipton Fire Chief Curt Woode said.

Jack Lee Otten, 51, of 918 King Ave., Tipton, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City after a sudden illness.

Davenport city workers clear streets and parking lots of snow accumulation on Saturday morning.