Recently added articles from Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA):

UNI basketball: Koch to follow brother to UNI.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Coss Oct. 2--ASHWAUBENON, Wis. -- Adam and Jake Koch are only two years apart, but they never had an opportunity to play on the same high school basketball team. A year from now, 330 miles southwest of their hometown, they'll get the chance to roam the ...

Injuries delay Black Hawks' roster decisions.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Nelson Oct. 2--WATERLOO -- The roster decisions Waterloo Black Hawks' head coach P.K. O'Handley had to make by Sunday turned out to be easy, but painful nonetheless. Shoulder injuries to forwards Brett Olson and Anthony Schooley allowed O'Handley to wait ...

Man sentenced for burning toddler.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Reinitz Oct. 2--WATERLOO -- A Waterloo man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for burning his ex-girlfriend's toddler son with a cigar and trying to frame her new boyfriend on drug charges. Chad Reese Bennett, 36, had been scheduled to go to trial ...

West Nile arrives in Cedar Valley.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jens Manuel Krogstad Oct. 2--WATERLOO -- After a long summer respite, the West Nile virus has arrived in the Cedar Valley. The Black Hawk County Health Department said it received confirmation late Monday that a chicken in a flock health officials regularly ...

Some Deere salaried retirees see health benefit changes.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Pat Kinney Oct. 2--WATERLOO -- Some 750 Waterloo-area John Deere salaried retirees and their dependents will see some changes in their health care coverage Jan. 1. Details of the plan are being outlined to retirees at meetings this week and next and were ...

Thompson visits C.F., touts conservative values.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jens Manuel Krogstad Oct. 2--CEDAR FALLS -- At a campaign stop at the University of Northern Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson spoke broadly about the principles he would espouse as president. Thompson unapologetically avoided specifics on ...

City debating expansion of development incentives zone.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Jamison Oct. 2--WATERLOO -- The City Council voted more than 10 years ago to establish an enterprise zone in Waterloo's downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. On Monday, members of a commission set up to oversee it asked current council members if the ...

CF woman rehabs injured bald eagle.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Drew Andersen Oct. 2--CEDAR FALLS -- Linda Nebbe has nursed wild animals back to health for the better part of three decades. But on Sept. 21, she took possession of a bird she had never previously cared for -- a bald eagle. The reason Nebbe has ...

Obituaries.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa, Obituaries Clarence "Larry" Heisler (1921-2007) WATERLOO -- Clarence "Larry" Heisler, 85, of the Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls, formerly of Waterloo, died Sunday, Sept. 30, at Covenant Medical Center from ...

UNI basketball: Adam Koch's brother gives oral commitment to UNI.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Coss Oct. 2--ASHWAUBENON, Wis. -- Adam and Jake Koch are only two years apart, but they never had an opportunity to play on the same high school basketball team. A year from now, 330 miles southwest of their hometown, they'll get the chance to roam the ...

ISU football: Texas Tech keeps foes walking tightrope.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Sullivan Oct. 2--AMES -- College football rarely resembles abstract art or a page from the Great American Novel. If the picture painted by Gene Chizik Monday means anything, creativity will put on a helmet Saturday at 6 p.m. when Iowa State meets Texas ...

Chizik proud of Cyclones' fight.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Sullivan Oct. 1--LINCOLN, Neb. -- Gene Chizik was a football coach for more than 3 hours Saturday afternoon. After Nebraska beat his Iowa State Cyclones, 35-17, at Memorial Stadium, Chizik played the role of editor. He wanted the post-game ...

Harvest time means more accidents.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Matthew Wilde Oct. 1--WATERLOO -- When a 17-ton combine or a tractor pulling wagons full of grain tangle with vehicles on the highway, cars and trucks lose. Accidents involving farm equipment and vehicles have increased in Iowa three out of the past four ...

BRIEF: C.V. Vikings fall in playoffs.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--SUPERIOR, Wis. -- The Cedar Valley Vikings' season came to an end Saturday with a 42-0 loss to the Superior Stampede in the Mid-America Football League playoff semifinals. Kevin Guillory rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Stampede (9-2) to the victory at ...

Iowa stays course with Jake.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Nelson Oct. 1--IOWA CITY -- He's been indecisive. He's definitely held onto the ball too long at times, and he's missed reads and open receivers. But don't expect Iowa quarterback Jake Christensen to be warming the Hawkeyes' bench anytime soon ....

Pilot remains hospitalized in airplane crash.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Reinitz Oct. 1--WATERLOO -- A Cedar Falls man whose small plane crashed Saturday night near the Waterloo Regional Airport has been moved to an Iowa City hospital, but his condition is not being released at the request of the family. Donald Walker, 83, of ...

Obituaries.(Obituary)

Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa, Obituaries Judy K. Hein (1945-2007) GLADBROOK -- Judy Hein, 61, of Gladbrook, died at home Friday, Sept. 28, under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. She was born Oct. 30, 1945, in Gladbrook, daughter of John and ...

Man sentenced for burning toddler.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Reinitz Oct. 1--WATERLOO -- A Waterloo man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for allegedly burning his ex-girlfriend's toddler son with a cigar and trying to frame her new boyfriend with drug charges. Chad Reese Bennett, 36, had been ...

Iowa teacher of the year announced.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Wind Oct. 1--DES MOINES -- A Decorah woman was a finalists for the 2008 Iowa teacher of the year award. Peggy Beatty, a gifted and talented teacher at Decorah Middle School, was one of four finalists. Andrew Lee Mogle, a family and consumer science ...