blackhawk band 1. Hawk & Roll, Baby! Most country bands make do with a guitar or two. However, Henry Paul, lead vocalist of the legendary Blackhawk likes to add a mandolin into the mix. See this Southern rockin' band when they play a 7 p.m. Saturday show at WinnaVegas Casino Resort, 1500 330th St., Salix, Iowa. Art in the Park Noah Bradbury, 5, of Sioux City, turns a handle to make rope during ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is "working day and night" to reopen the shuttered Tyson plant in Joslin, he told Democrats at the Rock Island County Democrats' Salute to Labor picnic Monday. Tyson announced Aug. 13 that it would end operations at the Joslin beef facility, ending jobs for nearly 2,500 employees. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1546 represents more than 2,000 employees ...

It's been 25 years since terrorists piloted commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and crashed another in a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Editor's note This article was originally published Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. It has also been 25 years since Greg Marty was a new firefighter in training at the Illinois Fire Service Institute. Since that fateful day, ...

Herbert Hoover Born Aug. 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa, Herbert Hoover lived in Iowa for only the first decade of his life, according to the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. He was the son of Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith, and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, a seamstress and recorded minister in the Society of Friends (Quakers). He was orphaned at nine years old. He would continue to work ...

Twenty-five years later, there still is no way to translate fully what life was like on 9/11 to those who weren't there, Joe Stutting said. Editor's note This article was originally published Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The North Scott School District superintendent compared it to how those living through the World Wars are unable to fully translate the feeling to generations that weren't there. "I ...

A 2-year-old child died after falling into a pool at a Scott County residence and being airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Deputies and medical personnel were dispatched at 2:24 p.m. Sunday to a residence on Maysville Road for an unresponsive child, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. In an update Monday, the sheriff’s office said the ...

WATERLOO — Black Hawk County could create a law concerning dangerous dogs after a resident spoke up about his pet being targeted, and ultimately maimed, for more than a decade. Rural resident Danny Putbrese learned there is not much the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office can do following multiple attacks on his dog made by a neighboring dog. Putbrese came to the Board of Supervisors in late ...