Stories

A London, England-based architectural historian is authoring a book on revitalized main streets that is expected to feature the Iowa cities of Carroll, Grinnell and Albia.

When Grinnell College Russian language and literature Professor Kelly Herold began blogging about children’s literature three years ago, she had no idea that she was about to help create a grassroots literary sensation.
“I was interested in blogging and I read blogs in many different areas,” Herold said. “I’m a big fan of academic blogs and [...]

After a short concert on the campus of Grinnell College, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne introduced former senator John Edwards who spoke and took questions from the crowd of mostly college students and community members.

Raitt and Browne played four songs before bringing out the smiling presidential candidate.

Videos and music from the event are available below [...]

On the five-year anniversary of the United States Senate vote to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force in Iraq, former Sen. John Edwards has renewed his call for Sen. Hillary Clinton to admit that her vote in favor of the Iraq War resolution was a mistake — something she has not been [...]

With aid from the Marshall County Sheriff, the Marshalltown Police Department arrested 16 people in Grinnell last Friday under forgery and identification theft charges.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeperson Greg Palmore said that ICE provided expertise, “assistance and administration processing,” to local police but did not initiate the investigation.

Warrants had been prepared for 26 [...]

Approximately 20 workers were arrested at the Monsanto Seed Company Friday morning in Grinnell. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stated that this is a local law enforcement operation and that arrests were made on criminal charges.

ICE was notified one week ago about this local operation which involves people from Marshalltown who were subcontracted by Manpower, [...]

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden flexed his foreign policy muscles while tweaking his Democratic rivals at a stop in Grinnell, Iowa, today. In front of a packed crowd (upwards of 60 people) at Café Phoenix, a popular restaurant in the small town, Biden said that while everyone seems to agree that “there is no military solution [...]

As presidential candidates trek across Iowa and the war in Iraq rages, bread-and-butter issues also are at the forefront of many Iowans’ minds. With rising health-care costs and factory jobs trickling out of the state, economic development has become one of Iowa’s greatest challenges and is an issue that 2008 presidential hopefuls of both parties [...]