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FORT DODGE (AP) — With best friends like these, who needs enemies?

EVANSDALE -- An apparent lightning strike has scarred an Evansdale park established to memorialize children who died too young.

WATERLOO -- Friday'Loo, Waterloo's annual downtown summer live music series, begins Friday. The events run from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. in downtown Lincoln Park.

OSAGE -- A former Mitchell County EMT was suspended by the Iowa Department of Public Health, citing multiple incidents of “professional incompetency,” documents said.

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — Officials say at least eight people were taken to hospitals after a fire broke out at an apartment building on the west side of Cedar Rapids.

LA PORTE CITY – Authorities are seeking donations in the ongoing search for a missing La Porte City teen.

CEDAR FALLS — Cedar Falls Police Officer Jovan Creighton this week was honored with the Cedar Falls Police Officer of the Year Award.

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WATERLOO — The Waterloo Water Works will flush hydrants Thursday in the area from West Ninth Street to La Porte Road between Williston and East Mitchell avenues.