Jones County News

A new co-op is preventing some teachers from being laid off from at least one Eastern Iowa district.

One person is injured in a two-vehicle accident in Jones County. The accident happened shortly before four o'clock Friday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 151 and Old Dubuque Road just outside of Anamosa.

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 by Diane Heldt . Reagan Boeset, right, instructs students, Kevin Casey, left, of Cascade, Jordan Murre, center, of Maquoketa, and Kaleb Kramer, right, also of Maquoketa, during a Physics class in an engineering classroom at Kirkwood Community Collegea s new Jones County Regional Education Center in Monticello on Thursday, ...

Stepping in from the cold October winds and snowflakes, hundreds of people took in the upgrade the Jones Regional Medical Center looks to offer.

Posted on Oct 06, 2009 by Admin . The Jones County Sheriff says Sunday night's anhydrous ammonia leak that threatened a town was not an accident.

Things are returning to normal in Olin after the entire town was evacuated for an anhydrous ammonia leak at the local co-op. According to the Jones County Sheriff's office, the leak happened about 9:30 on Sunday night at the River Valley Co-Op on the south side of town.

Posted on Oct 05, 2009 by orlanlove . Firefighters and hazmat crews on the scene of an anhydrous ammonia leak at the River Valley Co-op on Highway 38 on the south side of Olin on Sunday, October 4, 2009.

Residents of the eastern Iowa town of Olin returned home early Monday after being evacuated for several hours because of a chemical leak.

People in the community of Olin are being told to leave their homes tonight. An anhydrous ammonia leak has caused emergency officials to issue a town-wide evacuation for Olin.

Pumpkin growers from all around the Midwest came to the Anamosa Pumpkinfest on Saturday to have their giant gourds weighed at the Ryan Norlin Memorial Weigh-Off. There were 37 pumpkin entries, totaling 28,898 pounds.

Authorities have identified the 41-year-old man who died in a rollover accident near Monticello.

Monticello, Ia. - Here we are, a couple of days before summer ends, and I'm going on about Christmas treats.

Posted on Sep 15, 2009 by admin . Jones County Deputy Jim Plower wrecked his car while responding to a domestic disturbance call at the Anamosa Bowling Alley, Chief Deputy Greg Graver reports.

Firefighters continue to snuff out a fire at a farm in rural Jones County this morning.

U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley parried Wednesday with critics who echoed the sentiment of many other Iowans at recent public meetings that health care costs would drop if lawmakers capped court-awarded damages in malpractice cases.

Reports of flooding from across eastern Iowa are continuing to come in following two days of heavy rain.

The Jones County Sheriff's Department says residents on Division Street in Anamosa and along the Wapsipinicon River are under an optional evacuation order due to flash flooding.

Jones County is in a state of emergency. Some there say this flooding is worse than anything they saw last year.

Posted on Aug 26, 2009 by Admin . A tropical atmosphere that will remain over the area through Thursday could bring an additional two to five inches of rain over the next 36 hours.

A barn roof was blown off near Stanley in Buchanan County, but only minor damage was reported.