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WATERLOO – A longtime Black Hawk County judge has died. Paramedics and sheriff’s deputies were called to the courthouse shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday after cleaning staff noticed the light was on in District Associate Judge Jeffrey Harris’s office. He was found unresponsive, according to authorities. The death appears to...

Carolyn Mork, 78, of Osage, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at Patty Elwood Dementia Center in Cresco. Funeral service for Carolyn Mork will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in New Haven with Reverend Jerry Kopacek officiating. Burial will be at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in New Haven.

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - People in Waterloo now have another way to get around town. The city launched a new e-scooter program on Tuesday, and 150 Bird scooters will be available for people to rent for a fee and ride in the city’s core area. Riders will need to use...

Mollie B, host of RFD-TV’s “Mollie B Polka Party,” will be returning to Clarksville for a free outdoor performance, after the concert was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She will be joined by the Jim Busta Polka Band for a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 11,...

For the second year in a row, the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Show in Charles City will be relocated to the southern edge of town on Sunday, July 4th. According to a media release, Chamber of Commerce Director Mark Wicks cited construction work at the Floyd County Courthouse as well as roadwork on Highway 18/Brantingham Street as factors prompting the Charles City Public Safety Department to request the fireworks show not be held downtown this year. With traffic currently restricted to two lanes on the Brantingham Bridge and the Main Street Bridge which would be closed for the fireworks shoot, there are concerns about traffic congestion and the ability to get emergency vehicles through if needed.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - Our Town Cedar Falls is getting closer to breaking ground on its River Recreation Project. It’s a project that’s been years in the making. The idea is to enhance the trail, increase amenities in the area and increase overall accessibility to the Cedar River. The...

Denison native Nhial Biliew listed among those charged. Crawford County Sheriff's Office listed among investigating agencies. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 -- Law enforcement agencies across Iowa continue to make communities safer by vigorously investigating and prosecuting gun related crimes. This effort has resulted in charges and arrests in 48 federal cases between November 2020 and June 2021 in the eastern half of the state and 32 in the western half of the state.

CITY OF WATERLOO – Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 10 PM. Site: RiverLoop Amphitheatre & Expo Plaza – Downtown. Details: Main Street Waterloo presents "Waterloo's 4th of July Celebration" (Mayor's Fireworks Waterloo) featuring music, food and fireworks on the bank of the Cedar River from 5:30 - 10 PM. Musical entertainment includes Cedar Valley Big Bang and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony at RiverLoop Amphitheater and Low Key (5:30-7:30 PM) and B2wins (8 PM) at RiverLoop Expo Plaza. Fireworks will be shot off the Park Ave. bridge.

Holli Marie Gorman and Kaleb Matthew Staack, both of Sumner, June 5 in Waverly. Johnathan Tyler Kruger, Shell Rock, and Kennedy Ann Lewis, Des Moines, June 10 in Adel. Nichole Marie Young, Waverly, and Emory Allen White, Grinnell, June 12 in Des Moines. McKayla Lynn Vonk and Aaron Michael Brandt,...

Newman Catholic baseball coach Alex Bohl had a tough time on Tuesday afternoon putting into words what he had just witnessed the night before. His top-ranked Knights played one of its best games of the season at the plate in a 15-hit, 15-4 win over West Fork in Sheffield on Monday night.

A Clarksville man charged with homicide by vehicle-reckless driving in the death of a Charles City bicyclist last summer is pleading not guilty. In May, law enforcement identified 44-year-old Colby Elliot as the driver of the truck that struck and killed 24-year-old Ellen Bengston while she was riding her bike south of Charles City shortly after 7:30 p.m. on the night of August 2nd, 2020.

Wolfe Eye Clinic, which has many Eastern and NE Iowa locations, has suffered a rather significant data breach. According to a report from KWWL and a press release from Wolfe Eye Clinic, both current and former patients' private information may have fallen into the hands of hackers. While the clinic became aware of the breach on May 28, it actually appears it began on February 8. The clinic claims the hackers held the systems belonging to Wolfe Eye Clinic hostage demanding a ransom, but the company did not pay the hackers.

Gordon Boge, on behalf of the Coalition for Better County Government, has asked Floyd County District Court to order the county's Board of Supervisors to hold a special election to determine how the county elects its supervisors. The lawsuit stems from a petition Boge and the coalition attempted to present...

CEDAR FALLS – Don Frazier has tried to live life “by the Book.”. It was a prime motivation for the career John Deere employee to engage in number of activities serving a wide range of people throughout the Cedar Valley. He worked with disadvantaged youths in Waterloo schools; delivered meals...

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who hit a teenager on a moped and left him to die in 2018 has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. Kelli Jo Michael, a former Cedar Falls resident, pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by vehicle. Authorities said Michael was texting while driving on Highway 150 south of Fayette when she struck a moped driven by 14-year-old Kaiden Estling of Maynard in June 2018. She then fled the scene.

WATERLOO – Waterloo’s new e-scooter service took flight Tuesday, launching with a handful of electronic vehicles in the downtown area. “Affordable micro-mobility, getting around town electrically is the goal,” said Craig Bennett Jr., a Waterloo native who is the local fleet manager for Bird, the national company providing the electronic scooters.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa – A man accused of killing a Floyd County bicyclist is pleading not guilty. Colby William Elliott, 44 of Clarksville, is charged with homicide by vehicle-reckless driving. Law enforcement says Elliott was the driver of the pickup truck that hit and killed Ellen Bengston, 24, on August 2, 2020.