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Vandals paint racist and anti-gay symbols and slurs in NE Iowa
Cedar Falls is fighting a wave of hate speech that’s appearing through graffiti. Several sites along the city’s trails and public infrastructure were spray-painted with swastikas and homophobic slurs this week. Sonja Bock, a member of the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission, points to the current divisive political...
Massive Park Fire Rages in Northern California, Prompting Mandatory Evacuations
A rapidly spreading fire, dubbed the Park Fire, has burned at least 45,000 acres in northern California, just north of Chico. As of now, the blaze is only 3% contained. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for communities in Butte County and neighboring Tama County. Evacuation centers and animal shelters have been set up for affected residents. This fire is ravaging the same area devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire, which claimed 85 lives. In related news, the Riverside County Fire Department is battling a two-alarm fire at a strip mall in Indio, with multiple crews on the scene.
More Iowa John Deere layoffs announced
DES MOINES, Iowa — Last week John Deere announced it would be cutting some salaried positions due to a decline in agricultural equipment sales, and Wednesday, those employees learned their fate. According to a WARN notice on the Iowa Workforce Development website, John Deere let go of 69 employees in Waterloo and 34 employees in […]
Sprucing up Gladbrook City Park
GLADBROOK – Gladbrook City Park received a little facelift earlier this month. On July 11, Remington Seeds of Marshalltown brought in a small crew to spruce up the park as their community service project this summer. The company funded the park project and some of their employees volunteered to do the work.
Another blue-ribbon year for Tama, Grundy county fairs!
TAMA/GRUNDY COUNTIES – The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association and the Grundy County Fair Board hosted their respective 2024 county fairs last week beginning Monday, July 15, with Tama’s taking place at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook, while Grundy held theirs on the fairgrounds in Grundy Center. It...
UNI Dome: Iowa Time Machine July 26, 1974
Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On July 26, 1974, crews broke ground on the UNI-Dome at the University of Northern Iowa’s Cedar Falls Campus. The home of various Panther sports teams, the facility also plays host annually to the Iowa High School football state semifinals/finals and a host of other events.
GMG bond referendum informational meetings set for July 30, Aug. 8 in Garwin
GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District will host two community informational meetings as part of a possible November 2024 school bond referendum. The first meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, at the GMG Secondary building in the upper gym in Garwin, while the second meeting is set for Thursday, August 8, in the lower gym. Both sessions will begin at 7 p.m.
Grow Cedar Valley Elects New Leadership
David Wilson of Ryan Companies US, Inc. was elected as Chair of the Grow Cedar Valley Board of Directors and began his term at the annual meeting held July 23 at Lincoln Savings Bank located at TechWorks in downtown Waterloo. Wilson will chair the regional economic and community development organization through June 2026.
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