Walford News

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Sheila Tedrow searched far and wide for H1N1 flu shots.

Posted on Sep 19, 2009 by aaronhepker . Firefighters Mikel-jon Elwick and Dennis Bramow carry a pump out of the flood waters surrounding the Benton County Law Enforcement Center in Vinton on Thursday, June 12, 2008.

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 by Rob Boshart . Rescue crews work at the site of the helicopter crash near Walford in June 2006.

A jury has awarded $11.4 million to the widow of a cameraman and to an injured film producer after determining that pilot error caused a helicopter crash during a movie shoot.

The widow of a cameraman who was killed during an eastern Iowa movie shoot deserves $15 million to $20 million for her loss, her lawyer told a jury this morning.

" The combination of television's switch to digital with the plummeting price of flat screen TVs has prompted thousands of people to buy new TVs.

Susan Powers of Nichols owns seven TVs. Not one of them works. That's what happens when you have eight kids and a big farmhouse, she said.

The helicopter crash that killed a cameraman and severely injured two others during a 2006 eastern Iowa movie shoot was not the pilot's fault, his lawyer said today.

The plot twists in Tuesday's opening statements by attorneys in a civil trial stemming from a fatal June 2006 helicopter crash during the filming of 'The Final Season' rivaled a Hollywood script.

Kathryn Schlotzhauer filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her cameraman husband who died in the crash near Walford during the final days of filming "The Final Season." Roland Schlotzhauer, of Lenexa, Kan., was killed when the helicopter hit a power line and crashed in a cornfield.

Attorneys are expected to present opening statements today in a lawsuit stemming from a June 2006 helicopter crash near Walford that killed one man and injured two others while filming an Iowa-based movie.

Southbound motorists are advised of traffic delays on Paris Street between Walford Road and Centennial Drive May 12.

Center Point, Hiawatha, Marion, Robins & Walford all approved a local option sales tax in an election held today.

In Linn County most cities voted yes for the local option sales tax in March but it didn't pass in Hiawatha, Center Point, Marion, Robins and Walford.

Below is the election summary report for the Local Option Sales Tax: Center Point YES 287 NO 112 Hiawatha YES 599 NO 155 Marion YES 2813 NO 1620 Robins YES 567 NO 93 Walford YES 16 NO 7 You must be logged in to rate this story.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Linn County: Marion, Hiawatha, Robins, Center Point and Walford all approved a local option sales tax on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, parts of Linn County will vote again on a similar local option sales tax in Center Point, Hiawatha, Marion, Robins, and Walford.

Amber Langel of Ankeny, an Payton Kroymann of Walford are among the 150 children with type 1 diabetes who will go to Washington, D.C., to urge lawmakers to find a cure for their disease.

Two new officers joined the ranks of the Iowa City Police Department Wednesday. Tyler LaKose, 21, of Walford and Travis Neeld, 25, of New Boston, Ill., were sworn in during a ceremony at city hall Wednesday morning.