Alton, Iowa

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Alton

Partly Sunny
Temperature: 26.6 °F

Humidity: 69 %
Wind Speed: 18 mph N
Pressure: 29.93 "

Dew Point: 18 °F
Gusts: 31 mph N
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Siouxland Retailers Say Holiday Shopping Forecast Good
  

  While many national chains are saying their outlook for the holiday shopping season is grim, Siouxland consumers and stores are convinced it will still be a happy holiday.

• Woman ejected in rollover Saturday near Alton
  

  A Littleton, Colo., woman was injured Saturday when she lost control of the vehicle she was driving two miles north of Alton.

• Man injured when semi truck hits cow
  

  A Russell, Minn., man was injured Thursday when the semi truck he was a passenger in struck a cow.

• Art Center holds quilt trunk show
  

  This quilted wall hanging titled "Log Cabin with Flowers" is one of several by Hildred Vander Weide of Sioux Center currently on display at the Arts Center.

• 2 sisters hit by pickup in Sioux Center
  

  Two sisters were hit by a pickup truck as they crossed a highway in Sioux Center.

• The Challenger
  

  Virginia Templeton, right, of Alton, talks with the Challenger's conductor, Reed Jackson, left, about the days when her husband, Floyd Templeton, used to be an engineer on locomotives like this one.

• All aboard: Steam engine roars into Le Mars
  

  Brenden Fisch, 4, of Remsen, with his grandpa Joe Fisch, cheers for the Challenger as it chugged into Le Mars Wednesday for a stop on its tour from St.

• Detours don't deter pastry therapy
  

  A drive that takes 45 minutes took me 55 Saturday morning. And a 25-minute run lasted 44.

• Thelma R. Broek
  

  Thelma R. Broek, 83, of Sioux Center died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the Sioux Center Community Hospital.

  Memorial services were held Saturday at 11a.m. at Bethel Christian Reformed Church with the Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiating. Interment was held prior to the memorial service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.

  The Broek Family prefers memorials be directed to Bethel Christian Reformed Church or the Sioux Center Community Hospital Foundation.

  Thelma Rose Broek was born July 20, 1925 in Grand Rapids, Mich. to Casey and Sarah (Douma) Heyman. Her family moved to Hull when she was a young child. She received her education in Hull and graduated from the Hull Community High School.

• Sophia M. Dykhuizen
  

  Sophia M. Dykhuizen, age 99, of Sheldon passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2008, at Sanford Sheldon Senior Care in Sheldon.

  Funeral services were held on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon with the Rev. Marcus Moffitt officiating.  Burial was held in the Sheridan Township Cemetery in Boyden.

  Sophia Marie Dykhuizen was born May 5, 1909, in Bunnik, Netherlands, to John and Antonia (Burggraaf) Vander Lee. She came to America with her family at the age of five. They settled on a farm near Alton. They later moved to Nebraska, where they lived for three years. They then returned to the Boyden area.

• Officials Determine Cause of Silo Explossion
  

  State investigators say overheated equipment is the likely cause of an explosion and fire at a grain coop in Alton, IA this summer.

• Investigators Determine Cause Of Alton Grain Co-Op Exposion
  

  Two years ago, a ban on all abortions, in South Dakota, failed at the ballot box.

• Alton explosion result of overheated equipment
  

  Despite every other piece of bad economic news, falling oil prices have been a bright spot.

• KLEM: News
  

  Thirty-six-year-old Jody O'Keefe had been scheduled to be tried Tuesday for first-degree murder for the January 24th death of 32-year-old Samuel Toliver of Le Mars.

• Alton co-op tears down fire-damaged silos
  

  Plane crash injures two in Wisconsin Falcons draw national attention This Friday will be the first home football game for A-P after the May 25th tornado.

• Midwest Farmers Co-op tearing down fire-damaged silos
  

  Demolition crews set the wrecking ball to work Wednesday, knocking down one of six massive concrete silos at Midwest Farmers Co-op's Alton facility, starting from the inside out.

• New day care, preschool to open Tuesday in Orange City
  

  ORANGE CITY, IOWA n A new day care and preschool will receive its first children on Tuesday on the campus of the Orange City Area Health System hospital, just off state Highway 10 in Orange City.

• New Orange City preschool plans opening
  

  Dave Dreeszen Journal business editor ORANGE CITY -- The Orange City Area Daycare and Preschool will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new facility at 5 p.m. Thursday at 1103 Lincoln Circle, just north of ...

• Running with buffalo
  

  The buffalo aren't being cooperative. Farm manager Devin DeJong hollers at the four female yearlings, trying to stir them into moving a little closer to the 7-foot-tall electric fence that surrounds their ...

City Description

Alton is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States, along the Floyd River. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,095. Robert Schuller of the Crystal Cathedral was born and raised a few miles outside of Alton. Alton is located at 42°59′13″N, 96°0′41″W (42.986906, -96.011314). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,095 people, 439 households, and 297 families residing in the city. The population density was 735.3 people per square mile (283.7/km²). There were 466 housing units at an average density of 312.9/sq mi (120.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.54% White, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.10% of the population. There were 439 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The

City Contained By:

• Sioux County
• Iowa

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 3.8849821655 km squared

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