AUGUST 18

CLINTON — An appreciation of service has again led a local group of quilters to gift pieces of their work to local military veterans.

AUGUST 17

Authorities: Money lab for making counterfeit cash found

CLINTON — "Quiet zones" along the Canadian Pacific rail line through Clinton are coming to the city's riverfront.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein's prison death has been confirmed a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

Join us in the lower level multi-purpose room from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 20 to meet the library's new director.

CLINTON — One count of attempted murder will be dismissed as part of a plea agreement in which a Fulton, Illinois, man pleaded guilty to a felony weapons charge.

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa's unemployment rate climbed slightly in July to 2.5% but remains among the lowest in the nation.

Deere & Co. cut its profit expectations for the second time this year as beleaguered farmers and an escalating trade war with China cut into sales.

MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — Timber Lake Playhouse will bring to area audiences a production full of sass, style and sisterhood.

CLINTON – Miss Clinton County Outstanding Teen Raina Starkey released a monarch butterfly along Riverview Drive while Clinton High School teacher Samantha Callender dropped into a dunk tank, muddying the ground around her.

FULTON, Ill. – Fulton Elementary School’s new principal is excited for the school year to begin this month.

CLINTON – Gateway Area Community Center is wooing volunteers with free coffee and donuts Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

AUGUST 16

CLINTON — A jury trial is slated for July 2021 for a civil suit filed against Dr. Anis Ansari, Medical Associates and Mercy Medical Center.

The Back2School Bash and National Night Out attracted a large crowd to the field in front of of Riverview Bandshell Thursday. Sponsored by Clinton Leos Clubs and the Citizen Police Academy, the festivities included inflatables, the National Guard rock wall, free haircuts and physicals, a sch…

CLINTON – Jill Wright looked through a stack of posters for one that didn't have faces of old mathematicians on it, but eventually she had to staple the old men to the wall above the windows of her new classroom.

CLINTON — City of Clinton engineering officials have crafted and submitted a grant application to potentially receive funding for a major roadwork project.

If you faithfully mulched around the plants in your yard, you may have saved your trees and shrubs from severe stress or even death during the extreme heat and drought conditions this summer. In addition to enhancing the beauty of your landscape, mulches suppress weeds, hold in moisture and …

CLINTON — Tobacco use kills more than 480,000 Americans every year from lung cancer, heart disease, COPD and other conditions resulting from smoking. There are more than 7,000 chemicals in cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. Nicotine is the addictive substance in a cigarette that can make it …

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AUGUST 15

FULTON, Ill. — More than a month after residents weighed in on the state of parks in Fulton, Illinois, the city agreed to $10,044 in improvements to the town's School Park.

CLINTON -- The Clinton City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night that mandates extra monthly fees for city residents who possess multiple of each kind of solid waste containers.

CLINTON — A new Clinton County Elections website went live Aug. 9, and Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker said it offers many benefits to county residents.

CLINTON — District Court Judge Stuart Werling found a Clinton man guilty of two felony drug charges in Clinton County District Court Monday.

CLINTON — The Clinton County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 Friday to approve a letter of support for a countywide Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development lead-based paint grant.

Residents of Resthave Care & Rehabilitation in Morrison, Illinois watch antique tractors pass by during the Morrison, Illinois Farm Bureau Antique Tractor Ride from Morrison to Fulton Monday. Residents waved to drivers and reminisced about days on the farm, comparing how old they were wh…

CLINTON – The 2020 season of Clinton Area Showboat Theatre is a repeat of shows that have thrilled audiences during the Showboat’s past 30 seasons.

AUGUST 14

CLINTON — A high-speed police chase that began in Clinton and ended in Scott County has resulted in an arrest.

CLINTON – The campaign to fund a renovation of Clinton High School is set to kick off at the next Clinton School Board meeting, District Superintendent Gary DeLacy said Monday.

CLINTON – The Iowa State Board of Education delayed final action this month on new rules that would limit the use of seclusion rooms in public schools.

CLINTON — Two arrests by the Clinton Police Department in recent months were announced Tuesday as part of a U.S. Department of Justice federal drug and guns investigation.

DES MOINES (AP) — A legislative panel voted Monday to delay a portion of the new Iowa sports gambling rules that would allow the state to collect some the winnings of gamblers who owe child support, back taxes or criminal debt.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Child care costs in most states exceed federal subsidy payments provided to low-income parents, according to a newly released report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, leaving working families with few affordable options.

OSKALOOSA (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for a man accused of killing his girlfriend's baby son in Oskaloosa.

WHEATLAND — When 2019 Calamus-Wheatland graduate Jason Daniel participated in the school district’s school-to-work program, he thought it would be a good opportunity to find out exactly what his dad’s job entailed.

DEWITT — Several DeWitt residents rolled out the red, white and blue carpet for a man who they do not know and had never met.

CLINTON – The greatest risk to school children is not riding in a school bus, but approaching or leaving it, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.

AUGUST 13

CLINTON — The Clinton City Council today is set to discuss and potentially approve a resolution re-structuring fees pertaining to extra solid waste, yard waste, or recycling containers.

DEWITT — This summer, two businesses are taking advantage of DeWitt's Façade Improvement Program.

Any criminal charges are only an accusation and the accused is presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law.

IOWA CITY (AP) — An Iowa man who court records say told an officer he was trying to kill himself by driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 has been charged with first-degree murder for the crash death of a Texas resident.

AUGUST 12

CLINTON -- Clinton resident Cyara Peterson announced her candidacy for Second-Ward City Council member in a press release Friday.

CLINTON – The Clinton County Sheriff's Office and jail will be closed Monday while administrative offices move to the new Law Enforcement Center, Sheriff Rick Lincoln announced Thursday.

AUGUST 11