Waterloo News

Cayenne-style peppers, 6 to 10 inches long and fire-engine red, that pack some serious heat.

More than 60 competitors engaged Saturday in the jitters and joy of karaoke at Septemberfest, the annual labor festival held just north of Qwest Center Omaha.

Law enforcement officers helped a woman climb down from a second-story window to escape from a man who was holding her hostage in a Waterloo, Neb., house and eventually persuaded the man to surrender early Sunday, police said.

A man barricaded himself inside a Waterloo home late Saturday after an assault had been reported at the residence, according to 911 dispatch reports.

Police said a four-hour standoff in Waterloo came to an end early Sunday. Officers said a man held police at bay after a domestic incident in an apartment near Cedar Drive.

Police said a four-hour standoff in Waterloo came to an end early Sunday. Officers said a man held police at bay after a domestic incident in an apartment near Cedar Drive.

Police said a four-hour standoff in Waterloo came to an end early Sunday. Officers said a man held police at bay after a domestic incident in an apartment near Cedar Drive.

A 39-year-old man is arrested after an hours-long standoff with police in Waterloo, Nebraska.

Police said a four-hour standoff in Waterloo came to an end early Sunday. Officers said a man held police at bay after a domestic incident in an apartment near Cedar Drive.

Flames and heavy smoke greeted Omaha firefighters when they arrived at the scene on Skyline Drive near West Dodge Road shortly after 5:30 Friday morning.

Fire officials said a number of small volunteer fire departments dealt with a fire in a hay barn at a veterinary clinic near Waterloo around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

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A new fire station opened Sunday, fulfilling the dream of a man who didn't live to see it.

About a year after storms ripped through the King Lake area, smashing homes and trees, debris still surrounds the community north of Waterloo.

Question: What are the odds of Road America showing up on the 2010 schedule? After Indy, by far my favorite venue on the schedule.

The Douglas County attorney is considering filing charges against a boat driver who police said was driving drunk when the water tube he was pulling crashed into a dock, killing a woman and critically injuring another.

Voters in Waterloo approved a $2.2 million bond issue to help fund improvements to the community's four-decades-old levee system and avoid paying for flood insurance.