Waterloo News

Waterloo Police are looking for clues in a home invasion at an apartment complex.

Court records show that police engaged in a high speed chase of Mark Daryl Becker on Saturday night.

A suspect has been taken into custody in the robbery Tuesday afternoon of the Cedar Valley Bank and Trust Co., of La Porte City.

More than a thousand runners overtook Twelfth Street in Cedar Falls for the Sturgis Falls 5K.

Several Iowa hospitals, including one at the center of a controversy involving the shooting death of Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, have been accused in recent years of discharging psychiatric patients before they were stabilized.

An Iowa hospital says it treated a 24-year-old man brought in by law enforcement officials and released him shortly before he allegedly gunned down his former football coach.

A Butler County mental health official says he's not to blame for the release of a man who later is accused of killing a Parkersburg football coach.

Republicans today elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to the leadership post vacated by John Ensign of Nevada, who stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair with a campaign aide.

This information is being released on behalf of Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson in response to questions about the notification of law enforcement when Mark Becker was released from a Waterloo hospital.

Law enforcement officials in Parkersburg provided updates this afternoon on the investigation into the death of Ed Thomas.

Campus police at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls have rescued a 2-month-old baby from a locked car.

A fireman's best friend when it comes to high-rise fires is the fire escape. A company that specializes in repairing these vital staircases says that across the country more than 75 percent of all fire escapes are in some state of disrepair.

WATERLOO All alumni of the Cedar Bend Humane Society and their families are invited to reunion.

Trolley bells will once again ring along Cedar Valley streets this summer, offering local youth rides to fun locations and activities.

All proceeds from the event will support the Waterloo Center for the Arts' mission, programs, and exhibits.

An Iowa man has been sentenced in southwest Mississippi on three counts of felony child desertion.

WATERLOO After six years of planning and fundraising, the community of Waterloo has a dog park.

Police are continuing to investigate an early morning robbery that ended with a shotgun blast.

Authorities in central Iowa have arrested a 20-year-old man for intentionally crashing golf carts during an April visit to a Waterloo golf course.

CEDAR FALLS Graduation day is special for any high school senior. May 28 was a special day for the six seniors graduating from River Hills School in Cedar Falls.