Black Hawk County News

Eleven local highway infrastructure projects worth nearly $13.7 million have been let by the Iowa Department of Transportation , according to Gov.

One person has died after a car crashed on an Interstate 380 exit ramp Friday morning.

La Porte City Telephone Company is kicking off the first annual "Mitten Tree Program" during the upcoming holiday season.

Ever tried to keep the attention of a 5- or 6-year-old... All day? "Every moment of every hour," said Nancy Bolick, a kindergarten teacher at St.

Deputies from the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office will be busing tables at Cedar Falls' Texas Roadhouse Friday night.

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by Adam Belz . Four of the five are in Coralville, at the annual Iowa State Association of Counties meeting .

Five Eastern Iowa infrastructure projects have received money through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and a bridge project in Black Hawk County has gotten money through the I-Jobs Bridge Safety Fund.

Governor Chet Culver says there are signs efforts to decrease Iowa's rates of youth detention, especially for minority youth, are showing signs of success.

A Waterloo man convicted of kidnapping and assaulting a convenience store clerk in a 2001 crime spree wants a new trial, saying his trial lawyer was ineffective.

Three more deaths have been reported in Iowa. Two adults from Linn County and one from Black Hawk County.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned a man's drunken driving conviction because police wrongly stopped the man and refused his request to make a phone call.

Jeff Reinitz Waterloo Courier Nov. 8--WATERLOO -- The first female officer to reach the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant at the Waterloo Police Department is retiring.

The Waterloo Moose Lodge on La Porte Road, Washburn, is hosting a Steak Fry to raise funds to support the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office K-9 Fund on Saturday, November 7th, from 5-8pm. This is an annual event that will provide funding for the care and upkeep of the canines involved in law enforcement work for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's ...

Celebrate Native American spiritual traditions through the music and words of a local storyteller, George LeDuc, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County.

Election day is today. KCRG-TV9 and KCRG.com will be covering the vote all day, and will bring you the results as they become available.

The loss of $3,000 by a Black Hawk County resident has prompted the sheriff's department to issue a warning about telephone scams.

Judith McCarthy, Black Hawk County Recorder, reminds everyone that it is time to renew ATV and snowmobile licenses for 2010.

Jurors this morning heard Sean Kehoe describe to a county sheriff what he saw when he pulled of the duct tape his mother, Michelle Kehoe, had placed over his eyes before cutting his throat.

WATERLOO Despite the announcement of across the board state budget cuts, at least one agency covering several eastern Iowa counties is ahead when it comes to finances.

A Black Hawk County jury has found a 17 year old guilty of beating an elderly man with a frying pan during a robbery attempt.