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VGH's Health & Wellness Fair scheduled for September 30 in Belle Plaine

Virginia Gay Hospital is excited to announce the plans for a Community Health & Wellness Fair scheduled on Saturday, September 30. The event will be held from 8 am to Noon at the Belle Plaine Comm...

VS-Union swimmers honor seniors, win big in only home meet of season

Freshman Emily Levis competes in an early medley, doing the backstroke. VSU swim team, from left: Amanda Cardenas, Clarissa Carolan, Lizzie Moore, Kaitlyn, Natalie Tecklenburg, Geordyn Webster, Emily Levis, and Arabella Shepard. Freshman Emily Levis competes in an ea...

Betterton, patients donate to Kameron Roberts family

The family of Kameron Roberts continues to feel the support of the local community, as Kameron fights cancer. The latest donation came from Betterton Chiropractic and its patients. Matt Betterton pres...

One dead, two injured in semi-garbage truck accident on Highway 150

Witnesses say three men riding in the cab of this garbage truck went to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday morning. One of the three has died. One man died and two others were injured in a Tuesday ...

One dead, two injured in semi-garbage truck accident on Highway 150

Witnesses say three men riding in the cab of this garbage truck went to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday morning. One of the three has died. The driver of a garbage truck was killed and his two o...

Eastern Iowa Honor Flight Cancelled Today Due to Fog

The Eastern Iowa Honor Flight regrets to announce the cancellation of Flight #29 which had been scheduled for today (September 19, 2019). This was due to the extremely heavy fog this morning, which pr...

Social Host Ordinance in Belle Plaine

By David Condry, Above The Influence Coalition Underage Drinking is an issue most communities have to deal with and Benton County is no exception. In 2008, 40% of Benton County 11th graders reporte...

Elaine K. Tubaugh

Elaine K. Tubaugh, 70, of Belle Plaine, IA, passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA, after a long battle with leukemia. Elaine was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Vi...

A moment to wave, a lifetime to remember...

'College football's coolest new tradition:' Children's hospital patients and their families wave to the Iowa fans at the end of the first quarter. Signs in the Stead Family Children's Hospital wi...

QU Wedding: Tilford 1st graders continue unique tradition

KyLee Cripe helps her younger brother, Bryson, find his way around during the first day of Kindergarten on Friday. Mayor John Watson presided over the wedding of Q (Kendalyn Appleby) and U (Luke Wilden). Quickly and quietly, a quartet of Tilford Elementary 1st Grade classes celebrated the unique union of the l...