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- Open for busyness
Chelsea Arensdorf and her mom Jolee Arensdorf, both of Anamosa, walk through Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids on Friday.
- Jones County Crash Kills Driver
One person is dead after being ejected from their vehicle near Anamosa. The Jones County sheriff's office says the single-vehicle crash happened on Highway 151 just 4 miles north of Anamosa around 4 o'clock on ...
- Radio personality identified as 151 crash victim
ANAMOSA, Iowa - Patrick Mormann, KAT-FM afternoon-drive personality, died in a one-vehicle car accident Sunday.
- Dubuque radio personality killed in crash
Authorities say a northeast Iowa radio personality has been killed in a car accident.
- Driver killed in Jones Co. rollover
One person died in a one-car crash Sunday afternoon in Jones County. It happened on Highway 151, 4 miles north of Anamosa.
- Farley man dies in rollover accident
ANAMOSA, Iowa -- A Farley man died in a one-vehicle accident Sunday. At 3:49 p.m., the driver was on U.S. 151 about four miles north of Anamosa, according to the Jones County Sheriff's Department.
- VeraSun loses another $246M
According to its petition for bankruptcy on Oct. 31, VeraSun had total assets estimated at $3.4 billion, and total liabilities of $1.9 billion.
- Captain America: A Chopper Profile
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- Motorcycle consignment store opens in Iowa City
He got his first bike when he was only 3 years old, Blair said. Since then, he said he has amassed 20 different motorcycles - his favorites being a 2006 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic and a 2004 Harley ...
- NY Times Editorial: Thata s Two for Me
We've all heard of close elections. But consider the strange case of the 2006 City Council election in Anamosa, Iowa.
- Linn County sees brighter budget outlook
Fall property taxes are in, and the budget outlook for Linn County isn't as bad as officials feared.
- Iowa Landscapes on display at the Octagon
What: "Interpretations of the Land," exhibits by Nancy Lindsay and Robert Sunderman.
- Kelly, Terry D.
Terry D. Kelly, 60, of Marion, formerly of West Union, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, in his home following a brief illness.
- Inmates identified in prison attack
State prison officials say three staff members at the prison in Anamosa were injured after they were attacked by two inmates, one of whom was from Franklin County in Northeast Iowa.
- Freed police officer getting academy training
A Chicago police officer freed from an Iowa prison after an appeals court acquitted him of assault is back at police work.
- 2 Anamosa inmates attack prison staff
The Anamosa State Penitentiary was placed into a precautionary Restricted Movement Status early Tuesday This status, which involves the restriction of offenders to their cells, was initiated as a result of an ...
- 2 inmates attack guards at Anamosa prison
State prison officials say three staff members at the prison in Anamosa were injured after they were attacked by two inmates.
- - Inmates attack Anamosa staff
AMAMOSA, Iowa - Two inmates attacked three staff members at the Anamosa State Penitentiary Tuesday afternoon, said Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta.
- Census Bureau's counting of prisoners benefits some rural voting districts
Danny R. Young, a 53-year-old backhoe operator for Jones County in eastern Iowa, was elected to the Anamosa City Council with a total of two votes - both write-ins, from his wife and a neighbor.
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City DescriptionAnamosa is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,494 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Jones County.
Anamosa is part of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area.
What is now Anamosa was founded as the settlement of Buffalo Forks in 1838 and incorporated as Lexington in 1856. Lexington was a very popular name for towns at that time, so when Lexington chose to become incorporated as a city in 1877, the name was changed to Anamosa to avoid mail delivery confusion. There are many different stories on how Anamosa was chosen as a name, but all center around a local Native American girl named Anamosa, which means white fawn. Interestingly enough, a deaf man who ran, wrote for and edited the local newspaper (The Eureka) was the one who suggested the name Anamosa. His name was Edmund Booth and was a prominent leader in the national deaf community at the time. In Anamosa's early days, many important buildings such as the post office and the church, sat on the street which used to be land Booth owned. When Booth died in 1905, every store in town closed to mourn his death.
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