Iowa Town Full Of Dummies October 3, 2009 at 7:25pm And finally tonight.The town of Ackley, Iowa has noticed a few more residents of late, but they are definitely not movers or shakers.The city started seeing mannequins pop up around town starting in July.All of them were thanks to an Ackley business woman named Joyce Geikin.She was looking to ...
The Associated Press DES MOINES -- More than a year after record flooding wiped out 17 railroad bridges and hundreds of miles of track in Iowa, officials say repairs are almost done.
John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Sydney McCartney, 8, of Urbana, Iowa, watches Sunday as Wray Sloan of Mount Pleasant operates a Kluge Press, built in 1948, during the 2009 Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Printers' Hall in McMilan Park in Mount Pleasant.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at approximately 3:03 p.m. the Hardin County Dispatch Center received a 911 call concerning a man on fire behind the Ackley Super Foods Grocery Store.
Looking at the natural beauty of Iowa, onea s thoughts are not usually of hauntings, but there is a rich history of ghostly occurrences in our peaceful state.
Looking at the natural beauty of Iowa, onea s thoughts are not usually of hauntings, but there is a rich history of ghostly occurrences in our peaceful state.
Dealing with a violent tragedy is hard for any community, but when the victim is a well-known member of that community, as was longtime Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, the loss becomes much more personal.
West Branch, Ia. - OK, fine, the popular and well-known 'From Ackley to Zwingle' is a clever and interesting book that describes how places in Iowa got their names.