Fourth-graders from Carey Elementary in Waverly spent part of Tuesday morning getting ice-cream.
A Tripoli man has been charged with sexual abuse in the third degree for two incidents, according to a press release by the Bremer County Sheriff’s Office.
Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, has been celebrated all over the United States since the late 1860s. Following the Civil War, many towns and cities held small celebrations for falle…
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A 2008 golden Impala that ended up into the Wapsipinicon River at some point was retrieved on Tuesday after a three-hour afternoon ordeal on C57.
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A man with a prior federal drug conviction was sentenced May 25, 2022 to five years in federal prison.
David Alan Tafolla, age 55, from Oelwein, Iowa, received the prison term after a November 9, 2021 guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
Military life has its blessings and its challenges, according to Linda Haddock, wife of Maj. Jason Haddock, Army chaplain, and their children. Linda is the daughter of Mike and Sue Kaus of She…
If you ever wanted to thank a veteran for their service and so far have done this quietly, here is a hands-on way to do so as Memorial Day approaches.
Sue and Mike Kaus of Shell Rock have a son and a son-in-law in the Army, and they couldn’t be prouder of them.
Thursday, May 26
Memorial Day in Waverly will kick off with an outdoors ceremony.
Four well-qualified Wapsie Valley seniors ~ Emma Jones, Sophia Kohl, Sydney Matthias, and Kalvyn Rosengarten ~ are candidates for Readlyn’s 2022 Queen Contest. Each contestant will have a priv…
Jamie Mastin didn’t have much time.
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They may not be grumpy, but they’ve got it down. If not the role, at least the spirit.
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s tragedy in Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were killed, Iowa’s elected officials and W-SR’s school board president, Dennis Epley, reacted to the news o…
Memorial Day in the United States was officially established in 1868 but it was not celebrated universally across the nation until individual communities organized their own efforts to do so.
The Waverly Newspapers team would like to congratulate those who won during the April 2022 round of bingo. These winners include: Shirley Kuker of Readlyn won $25, Maxine Barber of Waverly won…
Tuesday, May 24
Come celebrate Ed and Rosie’s 60th Wedding Anniversary! They were married on May 27, 1962 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly. Ed is retired from Cuna Mutual and Rosie worked part-time for…
Three men were sentenced today for selling vehicles on the internet after re placing the vehicles’ odometers in order to sell the vehicles at a higher price. In an attempt to avoid detection, …
The former city clerk of Silver City in southwest Iowa improperly spent more than $60,000 from the town over the course of three years when she used city funds to pay for dozens of personal it…
Waverly will soon be changing where it sends its single-stream recycling.
Wartburg College will recognize more than 250 graduates from the Class of 2022 during its 170th Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 29.
