David Namanny

3 weeks ago | bellevueheraldleader.com | David Namanny

One of Bellevue’s original ‘West End Boys’ will be headed to the east side of town in just a few weeks – and he’s all set to lead off this year’s Heritage Days Parade in style. Steve (Ink) Engelman has been named the Grand Marshal of the 2025 Heritage Days celebration, which will take place July 4 and 5 this year. As well as leading the parade, the longtime community volunteer, contributor (and all-around good guy), will also be honored at Cole Park with a special ceremony and presentation.

1 month ago | maqnews.com | David Namanny

Christopher Prichard of Bellevue, who was convicted in February 2024 of murder, lost an appeal of that murder conviction in court. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed last week that the first-degree murder conviction of Prichard, who shot and killed his estranged wife in 2022, will stand. Prichard, 59, received a mandatory life sentence but had appealed the conviction, challenging the admission of various parts of the testimony presented at trial from Wendy Budde, Angela Prichard’s sister.

1 month ago | southernminn.com | David Namanny

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2 months ago | bellevueheraldleader.com | David Namanny |Bellevue Herald-Leader

The Bellevue Community Club, which officially received its non-profit status in 1991, has donated more than $560,000 to local projects and programs over the past three and a half decades, with the most recent being a $5,000 donation toward the permanent restroom project at the Ensign Memorial Park youth ball field.

Mar 12, 2025 | bellevueheraldleader.com | David Namanny |Bellevue Herald-Leader

For the past 150 to 170 years  Bellevue, Maquoketa and Preston have (and continue to have) strong community newspapers. But many may not know that several smaller Jackson County towns had their own newspapers back in the day as well. For example both Andrew and La Motte has their own newspapers for a time; and in fact, Andrew had one of the earliest newspapers in Jackson County, The Western Democrat, which was first published in 1851 by J.B. Dorr.