Williamsburg News

Marilyn O. Jordan, 65, died Thursday, July 2, 2009. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Williamsburg.

Flash flooding from Friday's storms lingered Saturday through parts of Eastern Iowa.

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Emily Christensen struck out nine and walked none and steered the Belles to a 3-2 win over Tipton in their first conference win Monday in West Liberty.

Lloyd A. Eckhart, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Highland Ridge Care Center, Williamsburg, following an extended illness.

Dorothy Marie Gorsh, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Colonial Manor in Amana.

Police have arrested a Williamsburg man for sexual abuse. The charge against Jesse Ortiz, 57, is second degree sexual abuse.

A woman is dead, a man in the hospital is charged with first-degree murder, and what's emerging is a picture of an unusual domestic situation that suddenly became explosive.

Jesse R. Ortiz, 57, of Williamsburg, awaits trial on a charge of second-degree sexual abuse, Williamsburg police said.

Deep River-Millersburg Elementary School Principal Rhoda Harris starts off a symbolic relay run with Tasha Walters on the school's final day Tuesday in Millersburg.

The fourth annual Greater Southeast Iowa Tractor Ride is coming soon, with more than 100 tractors, riders and support staff leaving Fremont at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, for an overnight stay at Williamsburg.

Louis Coppoc, left, holds the sign for the football field at 100 E. South St., Williamsburg, that now bears his name.

Juanita Mae Jones, 87, of Williamsburg, died Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Mercy Iowa City.

It's probably easier to hit a bull's-eye from 300 meters than it is to find an acceptable spot to put a shooting range.

It's likely to be a wet week, but nothing like the weekend's snowstorm. "It'll kind of be every other day," said Chris Legrow, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Davenport.

Darlene L. Walter, age 76 of Williamsburg, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following an extended illness.

Gene F. Griffin, 82, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Williamsburg, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at home following an extended illness.

Customer wounded during holdup at Texaco This, even though the 68-year-old retiree lunged after a masked, armed robber late Thursday evening at the Texaco Food Mart, where a 21-year-old female clerk was on duty alone, and took a bullet to the left arm before chasing the suspect out the door.

Eight University of Iowa students from Eastern Iowa have received University of Iowa Community Credit Union Scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year.

James Leo O'Rourke, 67, of Iowa City, formerly of North English, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, March 13, 2009, at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City.