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WATERLOO -- Nikole Hannah-Jones didn't return to her hometown to deliver an uplifting message about racial progress.

WATERLOO – It was early 1968. A charismatic minister Anna Mae Weems had hosted on a visit to Waterloo nine years earlier and his organization needed help. She answered the call.

WATERLOO — The whereabouts of 4-year-old Jax for the nearly two weeks he was missing remain a mystery.

“Getting this award is for sure a feather in the cap for the city of Waterloo. There’s so much history in this area.”

An award-winning Waterloo-raised investigative reporter on civil rights and racial injustice issues will be the featured speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Fund Dinner 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Electric Park Ballroom.

WATERLOO — The Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley needs help with the following:

CEDAR FALLS --Cedar Falls police are investigating a fatal crash on Viking Road.

DES MOINES -- Another eight people, all older adults, have died from influenza in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.