Black Hawk County News

Waypoint Services is expanding their domestic violence services program to Black Hawk County to transition from the services of Seeds of Hope, the company announced in a statement.

Waterloo Public Schools will be offering additional learning opportunities during the summer through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics camps.

A program helping non-violent drug offenders stay out of prison and help them on the road to recovery will be cut at the end of June.

Funding for the Highway 100 extension from Edgewood Road to Highway 30 was included in the state's $2.6 billion five-year highway program approved Tuesday by the Iowa Transportation Commission.

The Cedar River crested five years ago in Cedar Falls at 102 feet. Hundreds of homes and businesses in Black Hawk County were damaged by flood water.

A Denver, Iowa man has died from injuries sustained in a car-motorcycle crash late Thursday night in Black Hawk county.

Investigators say they're still tracking the actions and whereabouts of a sex offender who killed himself after allegedly abducting two girls in case he may have ties to the abduction and deaths of two Evansdale cousins.

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Pouring rain pelted much of the Midwest on Thursday, flooding rivers for a second time this season and leaving beleaguered residents and local officials fearing another onslaught of water.

After Mother Nature dumped 5.5 inches of rain on Manchester and the surrounding area Wednesday night, several Main Street businesses face the threat of flooding.

Evacuations are underway this morning in Dunkerton due to flooding. The Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office tells KCRG.com that evacuations are taking place in downtown Dunkerton, near Crane Creek.

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People and property along the Cedar and Iowa rivers are nearly as vulnerable to a big flood now as they were in June of 2008, experts say.

The Department of Natural Resources says Tuesday that George Wyth State Park in Black Hawk County will likely be closed through the weekend because of flooding by the Cedar River.

Drew Alan Mathis, 28, rural Toledo, pled guilty to 5th degree criminal mischief.

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Officials worry that three eastern Iowa counties may lose their successful drug court programs because of a lack of funding.

Two private family service agencies have announced plans to expand their own youth shelters after one county had to cut services.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports a Black Hawk County jury took less than two hours Friday to determine 55-year-old Larry Twigg was guilty of 5 counts of lascivious acts with a minor.

Drew Alan Mathis, 28, rural Toledo, pled guilty to 5th degree criminal mischief.

The Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County is faced with a challenge to raise up to $5,000. Thursday, the United Auto Workers Local 838 presented a $1,000 check to the non-profit. Earlier this month, an anonymous donor said they would match any donation up to $5,000. The money raised will be used towards helping prevent child abuse in our ... (more)