Madison County News

The winner of a mayoral race in St. Charles was selected from a drawing on Tuesday.

Iowa Public Radio writers have a weird sense of humor. Their news reader read - our state will not host filming of blockbusters like 'Madison County' until they rebuild some burned bridges.

The famous Roseman Bridge - cloudy day. Photo: D. Nies I am starting a new, sporadic series of features about interesting places to take your children when a long weekend trip is possible.

My goal as a city council member is to have an efficient, economical, and convenient method of disposing of all of the trash of our community.

The case involving a Madison County man charged in a deadly hit and run will be dismissed.

A recent inmate of the Madison County Jail is claiming officials did not respond quickly enough to help another inmate who apparently knew he was dying.

The classic burnished look of an Iowa autumn returned to the state Tuesday, and farmers scrambled into fields to try to catch up on the latest harvest since the early 1970s.

October 23, 2009 The FBI has named the man they say robbed four banks in small Iowa towns.

Many Iowa school districts will be forced to raise property taxes against Gov. Chet Culver's wishes because their rainy-day funds are too depleted to absorb his 10 percent across-the-board budget cut, education leaders say.

Long lines are being reported across Iowa at H1N1 flu vaccination clinics as more people are becoming sick.

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 by John McGlothlen . A bank robbery was reported Friday afternoon in the town of St.

Authorities say a man who robbed a bank in the Madison County town of St. Charles also stole a bank employee's car for his getaway.

A man robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank in St. Charles at about 1 p.m. Friday, the Madison County Sheriff's office said.

Winterset, Ia. - Put Iowa and movies together in the same sentence these days and many people will give the notion a thumbs down.

Day one of the 40th annual Covered Bridge Festival in Winterset kicked off on Saturday.

Friday through Sunday in the East Village, downtown, East Fifth and East Locust Streets.

John Wayne wasn't the only actor with roots in Winterset. His birthplace juts up against property that belongs to Patricia Barry, the television actress who returns to Madison County this weekend for the Covered Bridge Festival.

Two people were killed and two others hurt in a three-vehicle crash Saturday evening near Highland, police said.

The Madison County Development Group has become an affiliate member of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the groups said Friday.

Elton, Herman and Paul Watlington and Ray Wilson have taken countless airplane flights to serve their country - to Normandy, the Soloman Islands, Japan and Italy.