Eighty-two years ago, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, snow covered the ground in Oelwein and it was a cold day, a sharp contrast to yesterday’s unseasonably warm and sunny day. The
Retired naval officer Marc Baldwin was awarded a Quilt of Valor in thanks for his service to the country, in a Dec. 2 ceremony at the Oelwein Veterans of Foreign
Julie Willingham, Oelwein American Legion Post 9 bookkeeper, was chosen for the November Clapper Award for exemplary customer service by the Oelwein Chamber and Area Development Positively Oelwein Committee.
In the shadow of the calendar’s celebration of our Veteran’s Day, seven local veterans found themselves draped in a Quilt of Valor on Sunday afternoon. The big room of the
About 62 first graders, who attended Wings Park Elementary on Thursday, were welcomed on a tour of the Oelwein Daily Register to learn how the paper is created.