West Burlington News

Small business owners in Iowa are standing against the smoking ban, trying to get it overturned.

A tight budget will give the state's Department of Human Services a unique opportunity to open a conversation with the Iowa Legislature during the 2010 session.

Each did not favor the candidate that was behind. In Friday's recount of the Nov.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- While a potential site isn't yet clear, the major funding source for a new community center in the city of Dyersville gained more clarity this week.

A Des Moines County judge is considering a West Burlington bar owner's claim that Iowa's smoking ban violates the state and federal constitution.

By Bobby Wilson In the late '90s a rock/folk quintet based out of Des Moines enjoyed considerable success on the local college scene.

While most doctors venture to Jamaica to get away from the pressures of caring for patients, Tom Rexroth will be doing just the opposite as he visits the Caribbean island this week.

Danville Mayor LeRoy Lippert has a deal for the Burlington library board of directors he hopes they can't refuse.

County attorney aims to help landlords identify problems, act responsibly. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com Getting good rental housing is one thing.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Fancy Nancy fans, pictured clockwise from lower left, Kennedy Ritter, 3, of West Burlington; Emma Perdelwitz, 4, of Danville; and Taylor Siegel, 5, of Burlington, listen to a story during the Fancy Nancy Tea Party Saturday at the Burlington Public Library.

The new rule would have required many businesses and organizations to have written identity-theft prevention programs.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye James Madison Middle School employee Brooke Buckley, top right, asks her grandpa, World War II veteran James Darnold, a question as a group of students listen during a student council dance honoring school volunteer Ken Mitchell and other local vets Friday, at the school in Burlington.

The fight for a four-year seat on the Burlington City Council may soon be headed for round two.

More than 1,400 disguised children and parents walked into the ominous building Saturday night with their plastic hollow pumpkin heads held out in needy anticipation.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye David Camp of West Burlington and Fran Tillman of Burlington study drawings Sunday for the proposed First United Methodist Church reconstruction.

The H1N1 flu virus has begun to ebb at many schools, but experts warn that another wave of illness could be on the way.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye West Burlington firefighters battle the fire Monday at Kenny Dix's home, 3257 Rock Springs Road, in rural Des Moines County south of Burlington.

Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington will be getting a new carrier and flight destinations.

Authorities have not ruled a manner and cause of death for Marty Lee Griffin. Perhaps the only certain detail surrounding the man's demise is the time of death: 2:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Cascade Bridge, a nearly 114-year-old bridge closed due to safety concerns, was the hot-button topic during Tuesday's Burlington City Council candidate forum.