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By John Van Nostrand – The Creston News Advertiser, Iowa (TNS) Dec. 31—I’ve made it known in previous columns how I don’t like the new look of college sports. The expansions of the Big 10 and Big 12 conferences in football were not a success for me. Too many teams in conferences means there will

By Nathan Pilling – The Kansas City Star (TNS) Editor’s note: This story contains graphic details of violence. Newly filed court documents detail the gruesome scene investigators discovered when a Kansas City woman was found dead in her Martin City apartment the day after Christmas, hours after her 16-year-old daughter reported she heard sounds of

By Jeff Wilford – The Oskaloosa Herald, Iowa (TNS) Dec. 27—APRIL Abu Ibrahim wins Ward 4 race OSKALOOSA — Abu Ibrahim won the special election in Ward 4 for a seat on the Oskaloosa City Council. Ibrahim beat his opponent Jimmy Carter with 165 votes to 27. Ibrahim is originally from Boston, and got his

By Donald Promnitz – The Oskaloosa Herald, Iowa (TNS) Dec. 31—JULY SCRAA PUTS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN HOLDING PATTERN PELLA — Unable to purchase the land it needs, the South Central Regional Airport Agency has put the regional airport in a holding pattern. SCRAA voted unanimously, and without discussion, to adopt a resolution to notify the

By Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) WATERLOO — The Waterloo Public Library has announced its January events. The library will be closed Jan. 1 for New Year’s and Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Events are as followed: * 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday: A screening of “Despicable Me 4” will be shown

By JEFF REINITZ – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) WATERLOO — Police have charged a man who was found with large amounts of methamphetamine and cash at a Waterloo hotel in 2023. Maurice Deshun Malone, 46, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for possession of meth with intent to deliver, violation of the drug tax

By JEFF REINITZ – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) WATERLOO — Police are investigating a report of gunfire in a Waterloo neighborhood over the weekend. Residents in the area of East Fourth and Lakeside streets called 911 around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officers found several spent shell casings behind 500 Lakeside but didn’t locate any damage,

By CATHERINE CROW – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) CEDAR FALLS — With holiday festivities still going on and winter break in session, a number of events and activities are taking place across the Cedar Valley this week for children and families. A daytime New Years Eve event for children up to age 8 will

By JEFF REINITZ – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) CEDAR FALLS — A Hampton man has been found guilty of placing immigrant hunting flyers at the Cedar Falls Library. A magistrate found Daniel Alan Embree, 38, guilty of misdemeanor third-degree harassment after he missed a Dec. 19 pretrial conference, apparently because he had a knee

By JEFF REINITZ – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) Each December, Courier reporters look back at their favorite stories of the past year. We ask them to pick their favorites: not necessarily the biggest stories of the year, just the ones they found most interesting. Some are heart-warming. Some are amusing. Some are wistful. We

By JEFF REINITZ – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) WATERLOO — Police detained a man who was allegedly carrying several weapons while drunk early Sunday. Officers noticed 49-year-old Wes William Weisse walking down the middle of the street in the 100 block of East Fourth Street carrying a speaker that was playing loud music and

By HOLLY HUDSON HILL – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa (TNS) Each December, Courier reporters look back at their favorite stories of the past year. We ask them to pick their favorites: not necessarily the biggest stories of the year, just the ones they found most interesting. Some are heart-warming. Some are amusing. Some are wistful.

By CHAD DRURY – Ottumwa Courier, Iowa (TNS) As the year 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back on a year’s of news that appeared in the pages of the Ottumwa Courier. These headlines were curated by Courier staff, and come from reporting by the Courier and our news partners. Part 3 covers

By St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. (TNS) Dec. 30—A 35-year-old woman from Council Bluffs, Iowa, is dead following a single-vehicle crash Saturday on Interstate 29 in Andrew County. The woman was going south about two miles north of Country Club Village at about 4:10 a.m. on Dec. 28 when she drove into the median and hit

By Robert A. Cronkleton – The Kansas City Star (TNS) The New Year will likely get off to a snowy start in the Kansas City area as two weather disturbances are likely to pass through the region early in 2025, according to the National Weather Service. Colder weather is already moving into the metro. The

By MARY PIEPER – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) A Mason City man was arrested Friday after officers found a quarter pound of methamphetamine and a loaded handgun in his home during a search warrant, according to Cerro Gordo County District Court documents. Brent Terry Weisbrod, 44, is being held in the Cerro Gordo

By MARY PIEPER – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) Two people from Florida and one from Iowa were killed in head-on collision shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 35 one mile north of Iowa Highway 9 in Worth County. The names of the deceased are Leonard Lilyholm, 83, and Carol Lilyholm, 82, both