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Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School will hold a Veterans’ Day parade outside of the middle school from 8:25-8:35 a.m. Nov. 12.
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As the in-person election-day voting picked up late Tuesday afternoon, our Eric VanSickle visited the three sites for the five Waverly wards to get the pulse of how the vote is going.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A year after it was shocked in the first round of the state tournament, Janesville was certain history would not repeat itself.
CEDAR RAPIDS – Denver made history last week by advancing to the state tournament for the first time in program history.
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sumner-Fredericksburg volleyball’s first state appearance in four years saw the Cougars fall to North Iowa Cedar League rival Dike-New Hartford, 25-17, 25-12, 25-13, to end a season which may be only the spark for something bigger for the program.
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WAVERLY – After stunning Cascade in the second round of the Class 1A Iowa High School Athletic Association playoffs last week, Denver looked to ride that momentum into Friday’s third-round matchup at Southeast Valley.
When the Iowa Legislature wrote the state’s public records law 50 years ago, lawmakers wanted to guarantee that anyone could obtain copies of state and local government records that are not designated by statute to be kept confidential.
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An Iowa Falls man is facing charges in Butler and Bremer counties following a two-county pursuit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Fidelity Bank & Trust was recently recognized as the Best Small Bank (under $10 billion is assets) in the state of Iowa by Newsweek in their inaugural edition of ‘America’s Best Banks 2021’.
Florists across central United States will gather over 20 tons of food for those in need Nov. 9-14, 2020.
As winter weather approaches, The Northeast Iowa Food Bank’s Cedar Valley Food Pantry is beginning to phase out curbside grocery assistance, while moving back to an indoor, “Fill-Your-Cart” model. This transition, effective Oct. 19, will take place through Thursday, Nov. 20, with limited cur…
It was a typical summer evening and Taylor Nitz of Shell Rock set out to conquer his lawn. After his task was completed, he went inside to enjoy the rest of his evening. He noticed a few hives had popped out which wasn’t out of the ordinary for him. He decided to take a quick shower to see i…
Val Swinton of Clarksville, never imagined his March to go out like a lion. On March 25, after feeling very sick for days, he was brought into the Waverly Health Center Emergency Department where he then tested positive for COVID-19. It was a busy night in the Emergency Department, but he wa…
There is an old joke that asks, How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, has called on Congress to ensure dedicated funding and priority attention is given to long-term care residents and caregivers.
The world is perilous enough for the average senior citizen without a highly contagious, potentially deadly new virus causing a global outbreak of disease.
Since I was young, I’ve always been somewhat embarrassed or maybe a little self-conscious about the various scars on my body.
I know there are business owners unhappy with my position on masks. I do know how difficult it must be to get anything done while masking, and I do know how fortunate I am to be able to isolate. I don’t know how to make masking any less important.
After the plant closed July 31, 1993, IPC Levy Company, a liquidation firm, brought in a team to ready machines and equipment for the big sale. A week-long auction (Oct. 25-30, 1993) was held at the plant. Over 10,000 separate lots were put on the auction black, and everything was sold, even…
