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Iowa Voters Concerns as the Presidential Election Nears
According to the Sioux City Journal and the Waterloo Courier Newspapers, Iowa voters are concerned about the effects on their families who have military overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Fister appointed chief judge in the First Judicial District
The First Judicial District, headquartered in Dubuque, has a new top judge. Jon C. Fister, of Waterloo, Iowa, will succeed Chief Judge Alan L. Pearson, who will retire at the end of July.
Misspending, fraud alleged in school audit
Matt Frye/Liberty Tribune Former Liberty Public Schools Superintendent Phil Wright announces that he will file a lawsuit against the Liberty school district for the total amount he would have made during the ...
Thieves hit flooded homes in Waterloo
WATERLOO, Iowa - Residents of a Waterloo neighborhood ruined by flooding have been hit again.
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Bill aims to help railroads rebuild
WATERLOO, Iowa - Railroads could get a break on loans to repair flood-damaged bridges in Iowa if a bill proposed by two Iowa congressmen gains congressional approval.
Interpreting the Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History: A Personal Account
Editor's Note: A Spanish-language interpreter in Postville, Iowa battled with his own ethical decisions about how to stay neutral during the largest single-site raid in U.S. history.
Shipping delays remain as Midwest floodwaters ease
Shipments of coal and other freight in the Midwest are still being delayed almost a month after record-breaking floods decimated the landscape from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Hannibal, Mo.
An interpreter speaking up for migrants
WATERLOO, Iowa : In 23 years as a certified Spanish interpreter for U.S. courts, Erik Camayd-Freixas has spoken up in criminal trials many times, but the words he uttered were rarely his own.
Clare Anne Jacobsmeier, 63, died peacefully June 21, 2008, in the care of Hospice after a lengthy illness.
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Flood Damage at Gable Museum Makes An Impression
It's one thing to read about the flood damage to the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum, but it's another thing altogether to witness it - and to smell it.
Floods delay Waterloo renovations
Parents concerned over suspended vaccinations More fans means more fun Rose Lawn cemetery owner fails to pay back victims Rose Lawn Memorial Estates may have been targeting veterans and their families when it ...
Body found in Cedar River ID'd as missing man
Last year on August 12, Micheal Brosnahan, 51, of Perry, Iowa is struck and killed by a boater on West Lake Okoboji.
Motel 6 in Dayton Iowa Decent Prices Good Accommodations
It started with a phone call, or to be more precise, three or four phone calls. The conversation started something like this: "How close are you to Dyersville, Iowa?" The answers varied, but right off the bat ...
Accused pipe bomber may be released from jail
A man known as "The Bishop," accused of mailing pipe bombs and threatening letters, could be let out of jail as he awaits trial if a lower judge's ruling is upheld.
Police Search for Origin of Journal Copy
There's a strange twist in the investigation of missing anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit.
The Mason City Globe Gazette has the personal journal of a television anchorwoman missing since 1995.
Twelve Injured in Black Hawk County Accident
Officials say an 11-year-old girl is dead in a two-vehicle accident which injured 11 others north of Waterloo.
Volunteers Leave to Help With Disaster Relief
Local volunteers are now on their way to help flood and tornado victims in the mid-west. Thousands of people are displaced after the Mississippi River flooded its banks, and caused a lot of damage in the ...
After Iowa Raid, Families in Limbo
They while away the long hours behind drawn shutters, in front of televisions tuned to Spanish-language soap operas.
Just How Natural Is This Disaster?
As the Cedar River rose higher and higher, and as he stacked sandbags along the levee protecting downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa, Kamyar Enshayan, a college professor and city council member, kept asking himself the ...