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Waterloo Bar Shuts Down Abruptly, Announces New Direction
A unique bar in the heart of downtown Waterloo is now closed. I was scrolling through Facebook on Thursday afternoon when something surprising popped up on my feed. One of the first businesses I recall ever writing about is shutting down. Daq King, a bar that specialized in delicious daquiri...
Traffic Law Changes Set to Impact Waterloo Drivers
Last spring, a new piece of legislation received approval from Iowa lawmakers that is changing up traffic rules. HF 2681, was signed into law this past May and changed how the state deals with the use of Automated Traffic Enforcement. It reads; "an Act relating to automated traffic systems, including...
Marching to a New Beat: UNI Welcomes Furry Friend to the Team! [PHOTOS]
*The featured image is a generic photo of a marching band and a golden retriever and not the band/dog in this story*. The University of Northern Iowa Marching Band has added one of the cutest band members in any marching band you'll see on college football fields nationwide!. This band...
Waterloo Police Investigating Vandalism at Local High School
The Waterloo Police Department are on the hunt to find the person responsible for multiple instances of vandalism at a local high school. According to reports, in the 2021 to 2022 school year approximately 36% of public schools in the United States reported some sort of act of vandalism on school grounds.
Q&A: Summit, utilities board answer reader questions about carbon pipeline
Summit Carbon Solutions recently finished a round of mandatory public information meetings in Iowa counties that will be affected by the second phase of the company’s proposed carbon pipeline. Despite the lengthy and widely attended meetings, some community members said they were unsatisfied with answers from Summit Carbon representatives. Kathy Carter, an affected landowner from […]
Charles City native Robert Coover, innovative author and teacher, dies at 92
NEW YORK — Robert Coover, the exuberant and rule-defying fiction writer and educator who devised new adventures for literature through such works as "The Babysitter" and "The Public Burning" and through his decades on the faculty of Brown University, has died. He was 92. Coover died surrounded by family...
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