Hawarden Independent/Ireton Examiner

08/08/2026

Long before breakfast is served or therapy sessions begin, the team at Hillcrest Healthcare and Mica Hill Estates is already at work.

08/07/2026

An aging bridge in Hawarden is set to be replaced as the Iowa Department of Transportation looks for feedback on a proposed replacement project along Highway 10.

08/06/2026

We interrupt your scrolling to bring you cuteness in downtown Hawarden at Sunshine Foods.

08/06/2026

08/05/2026

A 41-year-old Ireton woman was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, on a Sioux County warrant for violation of a no-contact/protection odor for allegedly sending a text to an individual with whom she is not to have contact on Sunday, July 12.

IRETON—A 41-year-old Ireton woman was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, on a Sioux County warrant for violation of a no-contact/protection odor.

08/05/2026

A 63-year-old Hawarden man was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Hawarden on charges of first-offense domestic abuse assault resulting in injury or mental illness and first-offense domestic abuse assault stemming from arguments with his wife.

HAWARDEN—A 63-year-old Hawarden man was arrested early Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Hawarden on charges of first-offense domestic abuse assault resulting in injury or mental illness and first-offense domestic abuse assault.

08/05/2026

A 46-year-old Chatsworth man was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, on a charge of second-offense OWI stemming from the stop of a 2008 Saturn Vue on the 900 block of 10th Street in Hawarden following a complaint.

HAWARDEN—A 46-year-old Chatsworth man was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Hawarden on a charge of second-offense operating while under the influence.

07/31/2026

If someone had told Meraya Barrera just a few years ago that she would become a pilot, she would have laughed.

07/31/2026

https://www.nwestiowa.com/independent/new-year-new-venue-in-hawarden/article_1ce21933-95b7-4685-96e3-511a2e7813a7.html

Thirty-six-year-old entrepreneur Jared Vlotho is ushering in the New Year with the opening of his latest venture: the renovated Old City Hall, now an event venue in the heart of

07/30/2026

REGIONAL—Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff will conduct Iowa’s annual pheasant survey Aug. 1-15. Staff will drive 225, 30-mile routes on gravel roads at dawn on mornings with heavy dew.