Iowa non-profit offering new grant to empower young girls
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) – Non-profits inspiring girls and women to confidently live without limits are excited about a new grant, focusing more specifically on
Waterloo City Council approves grant agreement for Waterloo Airport
The Waterloo Airport received nearly $130,000 in state funding to repair a hangar in the Iowa D.O.T. 2020 budget. This repair also brings news for possibility of more airlines flying out of Waterloo.
Crews break ground at the Field of Dreams
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (KWWL) – Things are already beginning to take shape at the site of the new baseball field at the field of dreams. Just
Bernie Sanders hosts baseball game at the Field of Dreams
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (KWWL) – Democratic candidate, Bernie Sanders, paid a visit to the Field of Dreams on Monday evening. Sanders hosted a softball game between
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President tweets pic of Trump Tower looming over Greenland
President Donald Trump is making light of his own idea of buying Greenland from Denmark, tweeting a doctored photo of Trump Tower looming over a small village in the Arctic territory.
Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicide
Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details of beneficiaries but valued the estate at more than $577 million, including more than $56 million in cash.
Gas leak in Monticello fixed
Everyone is okay after a gas leak in Monticello.
Iowa companies urged to end million dollar contracts with ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) — A handful of Iowa businesses have scored big government contracts with ICE and US customs and border protection. It was
“We’re the safety net.” Proposed USDA rule could increase food bank’s demand
WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) – Millions of people across the country could lose food assistance benefits under a proposed rule by the USDA.
Iowa State Fair smashes attendance records
More people visited the Iowa State Fair than ever before in 2019.
Iowa farmers take aim at soy-eating painted lady butterfly
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some western Iowa fields are getting sprayed to get rid of painted lady butterflies that have proven problematic for soybean crops.
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Former Longfellow Elementary to be torn down in Waterloo
While many students are gearing up to go back to class, some are saying goodbye to a Waterloo school building.
UnityPoint to unveil new 46-unit transitional care facility Thursday
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) — UnityPoint Health is hosting an open house to unveil a new transitional care facility later this week. It’s all happening
West Branch High School Principal resigns before termination hearing
WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KWWL) — The West Branch School District Board of Directors voted to accept the resignation of the High School principal on Monday.
New York and two other states sue over Trump immigration rule
New York state, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont have filed a new legal challenge to new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
Semi-Truck flips over
High winds flip over a semi-truck on a mile long bridge on Red Rock Lake North of Knoxville.
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Prison employee smuggled wedding ring, investigators say
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a prison food employee who was smitten with an Indiana inmate smuggled a wedding ring behind bars. Online
All-clear after University of St. Thomas evacuates building
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The University of St. Thomas has issued an all-clear after receiving a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a
Rabbi drowns after he jumps in lake to save his 2 children
WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Emergency crews have recovered the body of a New York rabbi who drowned after jumping into a lake to rescue
Attorneys argue to toss school shooting suspect’s statements
BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for a Kentucky teenager charged with fatally shooting two classmates and wounding 14 others at a high school have asked
Markets Right Now: Stocks fall on Wall Street at midday
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are moving broadly lower in midday trading on
Iowa News
Tornadoes reported as storms roll over Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Storms that spawned tornadoes have rumbled over much of central and eastern Iowa, toppling trees, cutting power and flooding streets.
Man imprisoned for trying to coerce sex from college student
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old man has been given five years in prison for trying to coerce a University of Northern Iowa student into
Woman convicted of trying to kill mother in Charles City
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa woman accused of injecting her mother with insulin in order to kill her has been found guilty.
Services held for deputy who died after on-duty crash
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Services were held for a northwest Iowa sheriff’s deputy who died after her patrol vehicle crashed. A Mass was held
Iowa farmers take aim at soy-eating painted lady butterfly
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some western Iowa fields are getting sprayed to get rid of painted lady butterflies that have proven problematic for soybean crops.
Political News
Julián Castro qualifies for September presidential debates
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro has qualified for the next presidential debates, taking place in September in Houston. The former Obama
Democrats spending millions to take back statehouses
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats are mounting a comeback in statehouses across the country, pouring millions of dollars into state-level races that the party has
As rivals head to California, Biden chooses New Hampshire
Joe Biden won’t be among the parade of White House hopefuls in California this week, skipping the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting to campaign in
President tweets pic of Trump Tower looming over Greenland
President Donald Trump is making light of his own idea of buying Greenland from Denmark, tweeting a doctored photo of Trump Tower looming over a small village in the Arctic territory.
It’s official: Publisher announces Mark Halperin book
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Halperin’s planned book about the 2020 election has been officially announced amid protests that the “Game Change” co-author hasn’t earned
