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It was one of those events unique to Iowa’s retail politics. Two men, each hoping to be the next person to lay claim to the nation’s highest office, stood behind wooden lecterns with campaign signs taped to the front. Campaign signs were also attached to the front of the stage. Behind, a banner proclaiming the [...]

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama outlined his plan for utilizing the National Guard responsibly, his comments coming on a visit to one of the poorest sections of Waterloo Thursday.
Introduced by a local Army reservist and speaking to an audience of roughly 300 people at the Boys and Girls Club, the Democratic presidential hopeful centered his remarks [...]

A decision on a proposed annexation to Waterloo is expected Oct. 11. The City Development Board, a state commission, tabled a vote on the proposal after a five-hour hearing in Waterloo last week, giving members time to consider whether the annexation would comply with state law.

The area proposed for annexation can be seen below [...]

Elk Run Energy doesn’t have an Iowa office yet, but they are preparing to apply for an Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) air quality permit at a proposed coal plant in Waterloo, Ia. 

Last week from St. Louis, Mo., Elk Run Energy’s Mark Millburn said he expects to begin application for an air quality permit [...]

[Video] In 1930, Merle Bell was born in the same house where his grandparents died, on the same farm, the same 40 acres where he and his family, as he puts it, “sustained,” themselves through the Great Depression.

It’s also the same acreage that the city of Waterloo may annex to build a 750-megawatt coal plant.  [...]

The Iowa State Patrol has a new weapon in its arsenal. A Cessna Skylane 182 it has purchased will be used in holiday traffic enforcement.
“It’s very important for the safety to Iowa’s state troopers to have equipment that’s in good condition,” Col. Robert O. Garrison said in a prepared statement. “That’s even more acutely obvious [...]