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It only takes a spark...or a Sparky...to get an old tractor going
Jesup banker has restored more than 200 vintage tractors
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Waterloo residents who caused 'good trouble' honored at John Lewis event
Willie Mae Wright, Anna Mae Weems, youth leaders honored
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Fate dealt WWII sailor, family a reprieve
Granddaughters of Sullivans' shipmate bring rare artifact to museum
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Bringing Birmingham lessons to Waterloo
Black Hawk County Democrats chair lost childhood neighbor in 1963 church bombing
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Flying high on the Fourth of July
A gesture of love and a hopeful prayer on a summer breeze
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Waterloo protest: Defend the Fourth on the Fourth
Picketers hit downtown streets for immigration justice
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June 2025

In praise of 'Dr. Bobbert'
State-renowned Parkersburg-born historian Dr. Robert Neymeyer takes a victory stroll
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Waterloo woman renews call for lasting memorial to early Black Boy Scouts
Edgar Cunningham was one of the first Black Eagle Scouts in the U.S.
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A flight of honor from Waterloo to D.C.
Cedar Valley Honor Flight takes 31st flight of veterans to Washington
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War through a child's eyes
Bosnian-American former legislator from Waterloo tells her story
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New film captures Iowans' Vietnam service
June/July showing dates set for Riverside, Osage, Waterloo, Altoona and Emmetsburg
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An Iowa elected official serving with pride
Chris Schwartz is in his third term on the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors
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