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Volunteers needed for area projects

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

 

Dozens of severely neglected horses found in southern Iowa

EARLHAM (AP) — Authorities have charged a south-central Iowa man after dozens of severely neglected horses — and two horse carcasses — where found on his property.

 

Memorial tractor ride is June 9

INDEPENDENCE -- Heartland Acres Agribition Center is planning the annual John Cannon Memorial Tractor Ride for June 9.

 

Schoitz Foundation hands out $750,000 in grants. See who got them

WATERLOO -- The Otto Schoitz Foundation has awarded $750,000 to 14 organizations aligned with its mission of improving the health and well being of the Cedar Valley.

 

Shell Rock baby struck by softball improving at the hospital, family says

SHELL ROCK -- An infant continues to recover in the hospital more than two weeks after being struck in the head by a ball while in her mother's arms at a softball game.

 

Region briefs: Waverly offices closed Monday

WAVERLY — All City of Waverly offices, including the Recycling Center and Yard Waste Site, will be closed Monday for Memorial Day.

 

Gun safety, leadership skills taught at 2-day outdoor retreat for women

CEDAR FALLS — Jenni Laughlin Stevenson teaches self-defense techniques, including firearms training. But it was something she couldn’t fight that nearly took her life in 2013.

 

Cedar Falls man to bike the U.S. for MS

CEDAR FALLS — Jon Crisman’s upcoming bicycle ride will take him more than 3,000 miles across eight states over 53 days.

 

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