In August, a 12-year-old boy walked into an eastern Iowa junior high school with a loaded .22-caliber handgun. He pointed it at his teacher and pulled the trigger. Only the gun's safety prevented a ...

A good business stands the test of time. Just ask Jim Jester, owner of Jester-Coutts Insurance Agency in North Canton. The agency recently marked 80 years in business. “Eighty years ago my grandfather ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. With buildings torn apart and buses underwater, school districts trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina will have to start by figuring out where they’ll get the ...