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WATERLOO — A middle school student was detained after authorities found a gun in his backpack Wednesday morning.
A school resource officer received a tip that the student at Central Middle School, 1350 Katoski Drive, was armed at about 8:20 a.m., and officials discovered a handgun in his backpack.
Police said there were no immediate indications the teen had planned to use the weapon.
The student, a 14-year-old boy, was charged with carrying weapons and carrying weapons on school grounds.
A Sumner man allegedly shot and injured his wife and then turned the gun on himself during an hours-long standoff that cancelled school Friday.
A former Cedar Falls resident is one of two administrators who were shot on Wednesday morning at a Denver, Colorado high school after a handgu…
DES MOINES — At least 30 Iowa schools – including one in Waterloo – received phone calls warning of school shootings Tuesday morning, calls of…
EVANSDALE — An Evansdale elementary school was on lockdown Wednesday after a person allegedly threatened violence on the street in front of th…
A Waterloo family escaped when their house on Sheridan Road caught fire early Thursday.
WATERLOO — Sam Kreassig has been named the associate director of human resources at Waterloo Community Schools, pending approval by the Board …
State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past four weeks, in…
A gun safety advocacy group wants families to prevent access to guns in the home. If not, members say, it could ultimately lead to a school shooting.
Police added a trespass charge to charges of carrying a weapon on school grounds and interference while armed.
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