Bob Hansen

It was a moneymaker for early Iowa. It had vacant rooms, no-nonsense staff galore, and a creative disregard for the niceties of law and order. It was the Fort Madison penitentiary, and in 1874, it was discovered by the U.S. Army.

William Shannon was a young boy in 1832 when he first saw the tangle of hills and forests then known as the Wisconsin Territory.

William Shannon was a young boy in 1832 when he first saw the tangle of hills and forests then known as the Wisconsin Territory.

The Board of Public Works and Safety approved three personnel changes at Connersville Police Department Monday. They also heard an update on construction projects at city parks.

Raising the roof might normally mean someone’s trying to get attention, and that’s what the Fayette Senior Center is trying to do.

Only an hour remained before the newspaper press deadline, and Hawk Eye editor J.W. Burdette still did not have a lead story for the day's front page.

Only an hour remained before the newspaper press deadline, and Hawk Eye editor J.W. Burdette still did not have a lead story for the day’s front page.

The public will have opportunities to speak their minds before local officials vote on any regulation of data centers, according to officials who spoke at Monday’s Connersville Common Council meeting.

Education can be a wonderful thing. It can open professional and personal doors and send its beneficiaries spiraling off in unforeseen directions.

The crowds bustling along Burlington's Jefferson Street came to a sudden halt in October 1902 to watch as a heavily loaded farm wagon, pulled by six straining horses, made its way along the crowded city street.