Waverly News

A Waverly family lost everything in a house fire Tuesday morning. According to the Waverly Fire Department, a fire started at 1007 East Bremer Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Jennifer Snitker was at the home with five children when the fire started in the kitchen.

Two of central Iowa's most beloved television icons will make a comeback for a limited time at the State Historical Museum next week.

Concert-goers are in for a real treat twice this Saturday, December 12, at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

Waverly will get into the holiday season Thursday night with 'Christmas Greetings on Main.' An opening ceremony begins at 5:45 p.m. at the Veteran's Tribute on the corner of West 4th Street and Bremer Avenue.

Iowa farmers with corn still in the field will probably have to wait until spring to harvest it - if it's still standing.

WAVERLY Waverly-Shell Rock students are cramming as much stuff as possible in these boxes.

Rebuilding after the flood. A new school will replace the one flood waters severely damaged last year.

A new Iowa school will become the first school building in the state to be built with tornado saferooms for students.

H1N1 vaccines will be made available in Bremer County on Thursday. The Visiting Nurses Association and Bremer County Public Health are teaming up to make the vaccine available on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

A two-vehicle crash kills one person and injures another. The Bremer County Sheriff's Office says it happened around four o'clock Friday afternoon at 160th Street and Joplin Avenue, northeast of Waverly and west of Tripoli.

Residents of Waverly are going to see their electric bills go up starting February 1, 2010.

Several charities will benefit this year from the Elite Chevy Dealers. Dealerships in Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Waverly, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Washington, La Porte City and Mount Vernon are providing Toys for Kids for local charities.

Integrated control system helps Wheelift automated guided vehicles move turbine generators, transformers, and other massive payloads.

Senator Charles Grassley announced today that the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District is has been awarded more than a million dollars from FEMA to help recover from the storms of 2008.

Typically farmers markets are wrapped up for the season, but this year The Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership is trying out some indoor farmers markets.

The Associated Press DES MOINES -- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.

The Grapevine Twist Square Dance Club held a regular square dance Oct. 10 at the Senior Center in Skyline Plaza.

WAVERLY, Iowa-Sixty-eight Wartburg College students were recently inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma honor society.

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 by charlotteeby . DES MOINES - " Former state representative Bill Dix, a Republican farmer from Shell Rock, announced Tuesday he will try to make a return to the Iowa Legislature But this time the former Iowa House member will seek a seat in the Iowa Senate.

The 2009 Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America may have ended July 26 in New Orleans, but the spirit and the music live on.