Wellman News

Pearl M. Paintin, 81 of Coralville died Monday, July 6, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Des Moines Arts Festival is a weekend of fabulous artwork, music, food and fun in Western Gateway Park.

Four Iowans were named national coaches of the year Wednesday by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.

Summer arrived in restless fashion Sunday, with a hot, muggy afternoon giving way to funnel clouds, hail, and heavy rain.

A massive dark cloud developed right over Wellman and moved slowly east exhibiting a lot of rotation.

Two Cedar Rapids schools and an Iowa City school made Newsweek's annual list of the top 1,500 public high schools in the country.

Two area high schools recently were ranked among the top in the nation. Newsweek recently published its list of the top 1,500 high schools in the country.

The following local students are members of the undergraduate class of 2009 at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va.

BOYS - Mid-Prairie of Wellman junior Tanner Miller won the 400-meter hurdles in 53.07 seconds.

Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. OTTUMWA, IOWA -- A An Ottumwa man is hurt in a one- vehicle crash near Wellman, Iowa in Washington County.A A Authorities say Maurice Overture was injured his SUV went off the road, hit a ditch and overturned.

An Ottumwa man could be facing charges after he was involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon near Wellman.

A man who was injured in a Washington County crash last week has died. Officials say that Ryan Ray Detweiler, 24, of Kalona, has died from injuries he sustained in a crash at the intersection of 170th Street and Juniper Ave last Thursday.

A Keota man has died of injuries suffered in a crash last Thursday southeast of Wellman in Washington County.

Jimmie Lloyd Whetstine, 75, of North Liberty, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Parkview Manor in Wellman from a lengthy illness.

One of two men injured in an early morning two-vehicle accident in Washington County has been release from the hospital.

Regina scored early and often Monday in a 9-0 victory over Mid-Prairie in Wellman.

Rolanda Beachy had to take a little trip to run track in high school. Although she's a senior at Pathway Christian School in Kalona, she plays sports for Mid-Prairie, a short hike down Highway 22 in Wellman.

The Washington County Riverboat Foundation has awarded $171,170 in grants through its Municipal Grant program in the first quarter of this year.

Gertrude Ada Powell, 92, of South English, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, at English Valley Care Center in North English after a brief illness.

Please go here to order Gazette photos. The flooding occurring in Eastern Iowa is nothing out of the ordinary for March, officials said today, but after last year's record floods, the weather is drawing extra ...