Recent News - 2017

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  Fate dealt WWII sailor, family a reprieve

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, July 14, 2025

  Granddaughters of Sullivans' shipmate bring rare artifact to museum

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  An Iowa elected official serving with pride

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Friday, June 13, 2025

  Chris Schwartz is in his third term on the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors

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  Iowa Guard soldiers get emotional sendoff

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, June 9, 2025

  "Ironman Battalion' on fifth Mideast mission since 2003; part of 1,800 from Iowa

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  As Saigon fell, Iowa sailors rose to the task

  Posted on Monday, May 12, 2025

  Mike and Betty Butler were Iowa hometown sweethearts and newlyweds 50 years ago. They were also in the United States Navy. Both of them. And it was wartime. It was during Vietnam.

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  Waterloo Black history grant axed

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, April 14, 2025

  "Black Stories Collective" oral history project falls victim to federal cuts; Waterloo's Grout Museum resolves to continue initiative.

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