Woodward News

Three men have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a federal crackdown on dogfighting.

The following animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road.

Des Moines model Kristi Lynn said she never intended to model nude, but during a photo shoot in Arizona in January 2008, a photographer suggested she submit her photos to Playboy, just to see what would happen.

Picket Fence Creamery is hosting Sample Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. today. There is a three-farm tour with free admission.

Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Start at Picket Fence Creamery, 1447 S. Ave., Woodward. 438-2697. Free admission.

The 141 Garage Sale will involve 13 communities along Iowa Highway 141 this weekend.

The 141 Garage Sale will involve 13 communities along Iowa Highway 141 this weekend.

A high school science teacher is one of four Iowans indicted after federal investigators raided a suspected dog-fighting operation in six states.

Four Iowa residents have been indicted, along with three others from Missouri and Nebraska, for dog fighting as part of a multi-state investigation.

Fire destroyed a downtown Woodward building early Sunday morning. Woodward firefighters were called to 106 East 2nd St.

Life hasn't always dealt 17-year-old Diana Burnell a fair hand. You wouldn't know it from her girlish laugh and upbeat spirit.

A Woodward, Iowa, woman died Sunday in a motorcycle crash on Derinda Road. Shannon Smith, 26, was driving her motorcycle north on Derinda Road, about 1.4 miles north of Albrecht Road, at 11:20 a.m. when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a culvert, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department.