Waterloo Times

Black Hawk County residents step up to fill poll worker positions during COVID-19

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 29, 2020

With many who normally volunteer to work the polls during the election season in Black Hawk County being those at greatest risk of the worst consequences of a COVID-19 infection, the county faced a serious shortage of poll workers heading into November.

Waterloo begins search for new police department logo due to alleged resemblance to KKK dragon

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 18, 2020

The Waterloo City Council has approved a proposal to begin the process of changing the griffin logo of the Waterloo Police Department, which proponents of the change say resembles the dragon used on the garb of high-ranking members of the Ku Klux Klan.

University of Iowa partners with Waterloo for community-based projects

By Benjamin Kibbey | Sep 24, 2020

As the academic year gets off to a start, the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) at the University of Iowa has already matched 17 projects in Waterloo with university departments including law, planning and public affairs, civil and environmental engineering, art, business, criminology, geography, rhetoric and cinema arts.

Waterloo City Council approves $4 million in bonds for convention center renovation

By Benjamin Kibbey | Sep 21, 2020

The Waterloo City Council recently approved both a $5.5 million bid for the remodeling of the lobby of the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center and $4 million in general obligation bonds in order to provide pay for a portion of that work.

After Townsend calls unemployment claims 'staggering,' claims only continue to grow

By Benjamin Kibbey | Apr 8, 2020

By late March, Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend was already calling Iowa unemployment claim numbers “staggering,” as 20 times the average number of initial weekly claims hit her office, but the trend has only increased since her announcement.