Since December, a number of cases of the norovirus, or stomach flu, have been reported across the state of Iowa. There were reports of eight medium to large outbreaks spanning five counties during the month of December.

Homestead Assisted Living, formerly West View Assisted Living, of Osceola has a new administrator – Amber Abraham.

By JENNIFER NELSON

New Southern Iowa Resource Conservation and Development Executive Director David Beck will be partnering with Clarke County Reservoir Commission and other local officials to head up work for the proposed reservoir project.

Four years after the economic recession hit, questions remain about how well businesses are recovering.

By LARRY PETERSON

New Osceola Council Member Chris Dorsey is sworn into his council position by Mayor Fred Diehl. Dorsey will have his first meeting as council member on Jan. 10.

Negotiations between Union County and GGI Energy of Plano, Texas, about building a waste-to-energy plant five miles east of Creston, have stalled over the past 40 days, county officials said shortly after Christmas. GGI officials have also talked about this potential project with Clarke County and Osceola city officials.

Murray resident Darrell Siefkas, who was only 6 when his father died in 1935, was left with few possessions or memories of his father, until 70 years later when an ‘incredible find’ surfaced along the creek, that ran near the family farm, one summer day.