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Two private family service agencies have announced plans to expand their own youth shelters after one county had to cut services.

WATERLOO, Iowa - A former Waterloo teacher has been found guilty of engaging in inappropriate behavior with a student.

A handful of organizations across Eastern Iowa are rounding up donations for victims of the EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma this week.

Police have arrested a Waterloo man accused of firing a handgun into the air because he was upset that his girlfriend was wearing short shorts.

WATERLOO, Iowa - Police have arrested a Waterloo man accused of firing a handgun into the air because he was upset that his girlfriend was wearing short shorts.

Opening statements got underway Wednesday morning in the trial of a former Waterloo teacher accused of inappropriate behavior with students.

This undated file image from television video provided by KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa, shows John P. Tomkins, a letter carrier of Dubuque, Iowa.

We've long advocated that health care reform in this country must include a major effort to curb health care cost increases, which have outpaced that of virtually every other vital service or product.

The Black Hawk County Gaming Association distributes proceeds from the Isle Casino and Hotel in Waterloo to fund programs, projects and activities for organizations and communities in seven Iowa counties.

Police say a knife-wielding man shot by a Waterloo officer is recovering from surgery for non-life-threatening injuries.

Jane Meyer, from the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, 503 South St., Waterloo, will be at the Allison Public Library conducting Veteran Interviews on Wednesday, May 22.

Many readers were critical of how The Times covered misdeeds by the Internal Revenue Service, which admitted targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status with special scrutiny.

Austin Deitrick gives a warm welcome to everyone visiting the Black Hawk County YMCA.

Exactly five years ago Sunday, a small eastern Iowa town was in shock, following what was then the biggest immigration raid in US history.

A Waterloo man is injured after a motorcycle accident Saturday evening. It happened at the intersection of Gilbertville Road and Birdland Drive in Black Hawk County around 6:15 p.m. Saturday.

As negotiations drag out in the state Capitol over how to best provide health coverage for low-income residents, some Iowans are starting to worry about what the debate means for their doctor visits.

Letter carriers across the country spent Saturday collecting non-perishable food as part of the 20th annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive.

Recalling the devastating consequences suffered by workers and families affected by a 2008 immigration raid at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa Imagination and Customs Enforcement protesters parade in front of ICE officials on Ansborough Ave in front of the National Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo, Iowa, where immigration officials held people ... (more)

WATERLOO, Iowa - Authorities say a knife has been taken from a third-grader after the boy menaced another boy at a Waterloo school.

A bill that requires background checks for all school employees, not just teachers and bus drivers, was passed unanimously by the Iowa House on Tuesday.