This 2024 Oelwein Celebration, May 31-June 2, will be one for the books as the three-day fun-filled festival shifts to the downtown location, the heart of Oelwein’s local small businesses.
The local Republican caucus occurred Monday night at the Oelwein High School cafeteria, with attendees from Oelwein Wards 1 and 2 and Jefferson-Scott township.
A collision on Highway 3 on Tuesday sent a Sumner man to the hospital. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene at the intersection of Highway 3 and V-62. An investigation determined that 72 year old Verna Lansing was operating a 2004 GMC Sierra and was towing a 1989 GMC .