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When Chuck Norris got a Waterloo soldier to re-enlist in Iraq
"Walker: Texas Ranger" star showed up to get "Ironman" soldier to sign papers
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Anamosa 'Forgotten War' vet not easy to forget
Retired Korea-vet Anamosa grocer, almost 93, still delivers papers, volunteers at vets center
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Jim Waterbury was Waterloo 'Renaissance man'
Contemporaries praise late broadcaster, hospital executive
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Sullivan Brothers' clan 'sets sail' for world record
Extended family of five Waterloo brothers killed in WWII plans record gathering in Ireland; granddaughter from Cedar Falls, clan's first woman…
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Purple reign: Pilkington pushing UNI 150th fest
Longtime university business services head promoting school's sesquicentennial
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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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St. Paul not small in Minnesota ICE protest
From candlelight vigils to packing meals, Twin Cities' smaller sibling does its part
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1900-era Waterloo church seeks fixup donations
Church closed for months after ceiling section collapsed
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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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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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