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Greenfield Only Candidate To Attend Historic Waterloo Forum
Main photo: Several attendees gather for post-event photo. (left to right) Bridget Saffold, Rev. Ed Loggins, Theresa Greenfield, Le Chelle Oliver, Warren Wortham, Nilvia Reyes Rodriguez, Rev. Abraham Funchess, Terrance Hollingsworth, Rachelle Chase, Bob Niemeyer, and Damien McMullen (kneeling). Theresa Greenfield was the only candidate on Saturday to attend the first-ever Empower Northend 2020 Candidate…
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Tempers Flare Between Thompson And Trelka During BHC Sheriff Forum
Black Hawk County NAACP, Waterloo Human Rights Commission, and Waterloo Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta hosted last night’s Meet the Candidates Virtual Sheriff’s forum on Facebook. Tempers flared between Black Hawk county Sheriff incumbent Tony Thompson and challenger Dan Trelka when asked: Do you support 8 Can’t Wait, yes or no, and then if…
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Tempers Flare Between Thompson And Trelka During BHC Sheriff Forum
Black Hawk County NAACP, Waterloo Human Rights Commission, and Waterloo Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta hosted last night’s Meet the Candidates Virtual Sheriff’s forum on Facebook. Tempers flared between Black Hawk county Sheriff incumbent Tony Thompson and challenger Dan Trelka when asked: Do you support 8 Can’t Wait, yes or no, and then if…
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Tempers Flare Between Thompson And Trelka During BHC Sheriff Forum
Black Hawk County NAACP, Waterloo Human Rights Commission, and Waterloo Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta hosted last night’s Meet the Candidates Virtual Sheriff’s forum on Facebook. Tempers flared between Black Hawk county Sheriff incumbent Tony Thompson and challenger Dan Trelka when asked: Do you support 8 Can’t Wait, yes or no, and then if…
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Ambrose’s Parents Speak Out For First Time About His Murder
November 18, 2020 will be the eight-year anniversary of Derrick Ambrose Jr.’s death by Waterloo Police Department officer Kyle Law. Ambrose was killed exactly two weeks after his 22nd birthday. That makes this time of year doubly hard for his mother, Toyia Ambrose Hunter. “It’s an emotional time for me,” Hunter told Starting Line in…
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Ambrose’s Parents Speak Out For First Time About His Murder
November 18, 2020 will be the eight-year anniversary of Derrick Ambrose Jr.’s death by Waterloo Police Department officer Kyle Law. Ambrose was killed exactly two weeks after his 22nd birthday. That makes this time of year doubly hard for his mother, Toyia Ambrose Hunter. “It’s an emotional time for me,” Hunter told Starting Line in…
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Greenfield Only Candidate Sponsoring Waterloo National Night Out
Today is National Night Out, a nationwide community-building campaign hosted annually for 36 years in 16,000 communities (and in 61 cities in Iowa) that “enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community,” according to its sponsor, National Association of Town Watch (NATW). In Waterloo, National Night Out…
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Trelka Seemingly Cites Joe Arpaio And David Clarke As Models For Prison Leadership
On Sunday, Ron Steele of KWWL’s The Steele Report moderated the debate for Black Hawk County Sheriff candidates, Tony Thompson (Democrat), the current sheriff seeking a fourth term and Dan Trelka (Republican), a BHC supervisor who spent 10 years as the Waterloo Police Chief. One of the most surprising moments of the debate was when…
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Black Developer’s Grocery Complex Embodies, Empowers Its Diverse Community
Construction on the new $8.1 million grocery store complex which will house a grocery store, restaurant, community center, and Clean Laundry is scheduled to begin on November 4 at 227 Franklin Street in Waterloo, next door to the CVS. But these are not your run-of-the-mill businesses. First, there’s the 25,000 square foot grocery store. “We…
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Black Developer’s Grocery Complex Embodies, Empowers Its Diverse Community
Construction on the new $8.1 million grocery store complex which will house a grocery store, restaurant, community center, and Clean Laundry is scheduled to begin on November 4 at 227 Franklin Street in Waterloo, next door to the CVS. But these are not your run-of-the-mill businesses. First, there’s the 25,000 square foot grocery store. “We…
