Waterloo News

The Black Hawk County Gaming Association distributes proceeds from the Isle Casino and Hotel in Waterloo to fund programs, projects and activities for organizations and communities in seven Iowa counties.

Police say a knife-wielding man shot by a Waterloo officer is recovering from surgery for non-life-threatening injuries.

Jane Meyer, from the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, 503 South St., Waterloo, will be at the Allison Public Library conducting Veteran Interviews on Wednesday, May 22.

Many readers were critical of how The Times covered misdeeds by the Internal Revenue Service, which admitted targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status with special scrutiny.

Austin Deitrick gives a warm welcome to everyone visiting the Black Hawk County YMCA.

Exactly five years ago Sunday, a small eastern Iowa town was in shock, following what was then the biggest immigration raid in US history.

A Waterloo man is injured after a motorcycle accident Saturday evening. It happened at the intersection of Gilbertville Road and Birdland Drive in Black Hawk County around 6:15 p.m. Saturday.

As negotiations drag out in the state Capitol over how to best provide health coverage for low-income residents, some Iowans are starting to worry about what the debate means for their doctor visits.

Letter carriers across the country spent Saturday collecting non-perishable food as part of the 20th annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive.

Recalling the devastating consequences suffered by workers and families affected by a 2008 immigration raid at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa Imagination and Customs Enforcement protesters parade in front of ICE officials on Ansborough Ave in front of the National Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo, Iowa, where immigration officials held people ... (more)

WATERLOO, Iowa - Authorities say a knife has been taken from a third-grader after the boy menaced another boy at a Waterloo school.

A bill that requires background checks for all school employees, not just teachers and bus drivers, was passed unanimously by the Iowa House on Tuesday.

Parents at Lincoln Elementary School in Waterloo have been notified that a third-grader brought a knife to school and threatened another student Thursday.

Making history, America's blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, lifting Democrat Barack Obama to victory amid voter apathy, particularly among young people, new census data show.

It will be held this Friday, May 10, from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Brock Student Center on the campus of Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo.

The purpose of the event is to remember the 389 persons arrested May 12, 2008 and to advocate for reform of immigration policies.

A train ride from Waterloo to Vinton is the first of what Vinton Unlimited Director Nathan Hesson hopes to be a series of efforts between the Waterloo and Vinton communities.

As with several other communities in the Columbia Basin, the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation , a subsidiary of the Columbia Basin Trust , will be partnering with the City of Rossland to bring broadband into our downtown.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the National Weather Service expects the river to crest in Cedar Falls early Wednesday.

The annual Shrine Circus will hold performances Monday and Tuesday evenings in Waterloo before heading to Iowa City Wednesday and Thursday.