Elwin Huffman

The numbers are up, despite concerns the coronavirus pandemic is negatively affecting enrollment at colleges and universities of every size across the nation.

Trick-or-Treat hours have been set in the Cedar Valley and other cities in northeast Iowa for Halloween 2020.

Authorities have released the names of the two people killed, and six of the 10 who were injured in a weekend shooting spree in Waterloo.

Police have identified the two victims as a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, but they have not yet released their names.

Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald, Sr., identified the location as an after-hours establishment that was not authorized to operate as that type of facility.

The incident happened around 3:15 AM Saturday at a 501 W. 4th Street, a former public bar that now reportedly is used as a private after-hours club.

The Panthers will play the first of their eight Missouri Valley Football Conference games at home on Feb. 20.

The mystery of who painted a love message on an Independence water tower has apparently been solved.

Modifications made to the spring 2021 calendar also include starting second-semester classes later than usual.

Linn-Mar's varsity homecoming game is off Friday night, with Waterloo West taking on a new opponent.