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Area leaders attend national historical preservation forum

By Kristine Pope, Herring Hotel Association Several members of the Benton County Historic Preservation Commission joined preservationists from all around the country at the National Alliance of Prese...

Raegan's Relief Efforts in Marshalltown: Storm recovery and a new friendship

[caption id="attachment_22559" align="alignleft" width="300"] Raegan Junge visits her new friend, Lorelei, a Marshalltown child who suffers from sensory disorders. Raegan's visit helped calm the girl ...

"We need help:" Area Congolese leader pleads for driver's education, licensing changes following 6 Benton County traffic deaths

[caption id="attachment_22503" align="alignleft" width="300"] Friends gather around the casket of Aziza Kikuze after her death earlier this year; she is one of 6 Congolese immigrants to die on three-m...

"We need help:" Area Congolese leader pleads for driver's education, licensing changes following 6 Benton County traffic deaths

[caption id="attachment_22503" align="alignleft" width="300"] Friends gather around the casket of Aziza Kikuze after her death earlier this year; she is one of 6 Congolese immigrants to die on three-m...

Area host families needed for two PAX foreign exchange students

The woman who helps find homes for exchange students in eastern Iowa says the PAX organization is seeking families in the Vinton-Shellsburg, Benton Community or Center Point-Urbana areas for two girls...

'We survived the tornado:' Shellsburg man shares Thursday storm experience at Adventureland

[caption id="attachment_22459" align="alignleft" width="300"] Area resident Ed Sass was at Adventureland when this funnel cloud appeared on a day that saw many communities in central Iowa sustain seri...

'We survived the tornado:' Shellsburg man shares Thursday storm experience at Adventureland

[caption id="attachment_22459" align="alignleft" width="300"] Area resident Ed Sass was at Adventureland when this funnel cloud appeared on a day that saw many communities in central Iowa sustain seri...

Area host families needed for two PAX foreign exchange students

The woman who helps find homes for exchange students in eastern Iowa says the PAX organization is seeking families in the Vinton-Shellsburg, Benton Community or Center Point-Urbana areas for two girls...

Concordia University Wisconsin Releases Spring Honors List

Concordia University officials have released the Spring Honors List for the 2017-2018 academic year. To be eligible for the honor, students must achieve a minimum 3.60 GPA. Among the students named...

Susan G. Schulte

Susan G. Schulte (Mrs. Max Taylor), 68, of Whitewater and Franklin, Wis., left embodiment on July 4, 2018, in her Whitewater home. She was born on Nov. 16, 1949, in Cedar Rapids, a daughter of Harol...