Maria Kuiper

Recent changes to Iowa law increased the amount of sales tax revenue that goes to the state, rather than public schools.

The bond anticipation note will not affect property taxes, but act as a funding gap after a new law requires more revenues from the 1% sales tax to go to

The school board approved the rehiring of a retired employee for a newly created position and a raise for an administrator.

The convention filled with sci-fi celebrities, cosplay, professional panels, game sessions and merch tables will take place Friday-Sunday at the Waterloo Convention Center.

A bass saxophone made in 1919 was found as co-director Jim Vowels looked through the band’s storage room.

Anyone who has fished, kayaked or used a trail in the Cedar Valley in the last 60 years probably owes a debt of gratitude to Craig Ritland.

Three of the most banned authors in public schools will read to youth at the 1619 Freedom School Read-In, thanks to Waterloo native and Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones.

WATERLOO — Anyone who has fished, kayaked or used a trail in the Cedar Valley in the last 60 years probably owes a debt of gratitude to Craig Ritland.

The Bluedorn Science Imaginarium has been reduced to scrap metal and broken concrete after construction crews demolished it Friday.

WATERLOO — The city may undergo a pilot program to see if adding realtime sensor technology to traffic lights would improve flow and safety on its roads.