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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

By ROBIN McCLELLAND – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) WATERLOO – With his grassroots approach and friendly demeanor, former President Jimmy Carter made an impression on Iowans as a little-known candidate for president in 1975. “Almost every Iowan met the president when he started his campaign in the Iowa caucuses in 1975,” former U.S.

By MARY PIEPER – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) Two people were transported to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries Monday following a two-vehicle accident near Clear Lake. The injured were Gary Bradshaw, 77, of Clear Lake, and an unidentified passenger, according to a press release from the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s

By MARY PIEPER – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) A North Iowa man accidentally drowned in Clear Lake on Saturday. The victim was identified as Bradley Church, 59, Joice, according to a press release from the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the intersection of North Shore Drive and East Lake Street

By ROBIN McCLELLAND – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) Elected county officials were sworn in at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse on Monday, Dec. 30. Chris Watts, District 1 supervisor; Carl Ginapp, District 2 supervisor; Dave Hepperly, county sheriff; and Adam Wedmore, county auditor; were sworn into their offices. Watts will be serving his

By Ethan Colbert – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) ST. LOUIS — Health officials are sounding the alarm about a decline in the percentage of young children being vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and polio. More than 6,000 kindergarten students in Missouri public schools — roughly 9% of all kindergartners — in 2023 were not vaccinated