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A Black liberator-soldier rests near La Porte City
William Jones guided fellow enslaved people to freedom, served alongside Iowa troops
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Waterloo Legion post honors WWII chaplains
Four chaplains saved lives in 1943 troop ship sinking in the North Atlantic
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'1619' author praises Minnesota anti-ICE protests
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from Waterloo honored at Indianola's Simpson College
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Waterloo '1619 Project' author strikes a blow for DEI at home
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Cedar Falls anti-ICE 'crews' picket mayors bridge
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Nebbe part of another Emmy-winning broadcast
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Scenes from a mall: Memories of Crossroads in Waterloo -- and downtown retail in its heyday
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As Saigon fell, Iowa sailors rose to the task
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Waterloo priest breaks many stereotypes
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Final roll call for Waterloo Arlington tomb guard
Dennis Sommer guarded Tomb of The Unknown Soldier with U.S. Army's "Old Guard"
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Iowa Pearl Harbor vets recount day in new film
"Voices of Iowa: Pearl Harbor" to premiere at Waterloo museum Jan. 31
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Fallen WWII soldier bonds Dutch vet, Waterloo family
Patrick Van Es maintains Dutch grave of Vernon Francis Klein of Waterloo, killed in 1944
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Cedar Falls anti-ICE 'crews' picket mayors bridge
Picketers decry Minneapolis mom's death, Venezuela action -- in spirit of bridge namesake
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Nebbe part of another Emmy-winning broadcast
Iowa PBS 'Iowa Life' episode brings Cedar Falls native broadcaster third TV award
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A Waterloo original sails to the great beyond
Orrin E. Miller kept an eye and ear on crime and investigated the nooks and crannies of local history
Dec 29, 2025
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A Christmas card to Waterloo from 1945
Waterloo citizens' 'canteen kindness' not forgotten by returning WWII veteran
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