Tipton News

The eighth annual Jail Festival of Trees will be Nov. 28 and 29 at the Cedar County Old Jail.

The Cedar County Historical Society will sponsor a book signing and reading of 'Love in an Envelope: A Courtship in the American West,' edited by Daniel Tyler and Betty Henshaw, at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Luke Van Meveren and Elizabeth Spoerl are in the Clarke College Drama Department production of "Baby with the Bathwater." Play: "Baby with the Bathwater," dark comedy Times/dates: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov.

Houses on the move in eastern Iowa will be in the spotlight of a reality show. In August, the Jeremy Patterson House Moving Company moved a brick mansion from Mechanicsville to Tipton.

No. 11 Durant swept Regina 25-10, 25-20, 25-15 to win the Cedar Valley Conference title Thursday in Durant.

Tucked away on Highway 38, Olin has a gas station and a post office. The main street through town has a handful of shops, bars and eateries to offer its 800 residents.

Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, will have a member of his staff in Solon, West Branch and Tipton on Wednesday.

An Oct. 24 wedding is planned. Reedstrom - Zaruba The Free Press Elizabeth Reedstrom daughter of Steve and Trish Reedstrom of Mankato.

The lives of several dogs and cats are in jeopardy tonight as an eastern Iowa animal shelter fights to keep its doors open.

James Morris powered the top-ranked Solon football team to a 40-0 win over Tipton on Friday in Tipton.

Bret and Briana Simon of Cedar Rapids are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Clara Kay, born Sept.

TIPTON, Iowa a ' Sept. 14, 2009 a ' A construction project is restricting traffic on Iowa 130 and Iowa 38 in Tipton, according to the Iowa Department of Transportationa TMs Tipton maintenance office.

A string of break-ins in the area has local law enforcement working together to solve the crimes effecting West Liberty, West Branch and Tipton.

Former University of Iowa basketball star Roy Marble was hired a month ago as the new youth leadership program director for the Mayor's Youth Empowerment Program.

Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Mount Vernon, will host a series of town hall meetings in August, including one at 10 a.m. Aug.

Former Democratic state Sen. Tom Fiegen is ready to jump into the 2010 race for U.S. Senate, in hopes of challenging five-term Republican Sen.

Tipton, Ia. - For the second time in a matter of years, the Behrle family of Tipton has lost a loved one in a place far from home.

The cast of City Circle's production of the high school edition of "Rent" includes Hannah Green and Laurel Tippe of Iowa City; Andrew Wilkes of Iowa City, Melissa Melloy of Naperville, Ill., Kyle Scott of Tipton and Jason Milsap and Joshua Ollendick of Iowa City; and Ian Michel of Wellman.

Posted on Aug 03, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . House movers will relocate a 125-year-old brick mansion near Tipton this week, with a film crew from The Learning Channel following their every move.

Howard Siders and his wife had farmed in the Tipton area for 25 years when he started working in an auto repair shop with his brother part-time. He was offered a position in Cedar Rapids doing some hauling and repair and then got the opportunity to work for Eastern Iowa Tire in West Liberty.