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Waterloo Police Logo Change First Step In Reforms For Racial Justice Advocates
Black Hawk County has a highly disproportionate number of African Americans in prison. That’s what five community leaders wanted to address last week in a guest column titled, “What Change Looks Like in Waterloo.” The authors of the column—State Rep. Ras Smith; Rev. Belinda Creighton-Smith; community activist Ryan Stevenson; NAACP President LaTonya Graves; Social Action,…
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Local Health Experts Stress Need For Black Hawk Co. Mask Mandate
Face covering regulation was the main agenda item at today’s Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors meeting, Black Hawk County Board of Health urged the board to take action. Dr. Belinda Creighton-Smith opened the meeting by expressing concerns for children returning to school. “I’m concerned that when our children return to school, they will not…
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Months After Outbreak, Safety Concerns Remain At Tyson Waterloo
More than three months after the COVID-19 outbreak at Tyson’s Waterloo plant, which resulted in over 1,000 employee infections and several deaths, major concerns about employee health and safety persist. From Tyson’s perspective, they are demonstrating that employee health and safety is their top priority. They passed an OSHA inspection with no violations. They have…
