Anyone living in a small town knows rumors can spread quickly. In Oelwein, so many rumors were spreading that the city is trying to do something about it.

Michelle Loucks says she hears it all when she's waiting on tables.

"As I'm working in here I'll hear people talking and they will ask me if I've heard those things and I'll tell them yeah I've heard different things," Loucks said.

On Wednesday it held the first ever Rumor Has It event at the library. An informal event where people could share rumors and ask questions.

Mayor Peggy Sherrets says many of the questions centered around the town possibly getting new restaurants or grocery stores. She says those rumors are untrue.

Another wondered what the city would do about the Emerald Ash Borer.

"One of the first questions was about the emerald ash borer we just found our first tree and what we're gonna do about that. It's too new were still investigating it the city owns a couple of hundred ash trees and different boulevards and parks," Sherrets said.

Sherrets says she is definitely planning on having another Rumor Has it in an effort to silence any new rumors that may arise.