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CEDAR FALLS | Disabled Afghanistan war veteran Taylor Morris and his wife Danielle are pondering their next move regarding building a new home on a site in northwest Cedar Falls. The Cedar Falls Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday voted to recommend the City Council deny the Morrises residential zoning to build their house on about 1.5 acres off North Union Road and along the Cedar River in the extreme northwest portion of the city. The Morrises may take their proposal to the council or appeal to the city Board of Adjustment. Commissioners also urged them to present any new pertinent...

The Bible's account of the night Jesus was born is noted for some well-known characters at the Bethlehem manger, including the baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and some shepherds following the instructions of an angel. The famous wise men were not present, as they showed up later when Jesus was a young child in a house. And as far as the New Testament indicates, there weren't any lesbians there either. Now a Christian church in America's heartland is helping redefine the story, as its most-recent living Nativity scene in December featured two women instead of a man and a women starring...

City Government demands all keys to properties belonging to Cedar Falls residents. Ordinance #2740(An unfunded city-wide mandate) was passed with a resounding 6 to 1 vote, and it allows for the citizens of Cedar Falls to forcefully give the government keys to their comercial properties through universal 'lock boxes'. The intent of the program is to provide increased safety and protection to personal, private property which include businesses, apartments and some rental houses-- which by the way-- comes at the expense of furthering wayward erosion of fundamental constitutional rights.

The Cedar Falls, Iowa city council voted to take the keys of residents to enter their businesses and some residential properties for the sake of "security." This is clearly government in over-reach mode and is unconstitutional. The next meeting is set for June 13th.

CEDAR FALLS --- The daughter of a prominent Cedar Valley auto dealer bravely fought off a gun-wielding would-be kidnapper who shot her in the foot outside College Square Mall Tuesday night. The tableau ended when officers found the gunman, Michael Lee Hruska, 33, of Waterloo, dead in his vehicle in a Waterloo park early today. Daina Deery, 17, the daughter of auto dealer Dan Deery, escaped the ordeal with a shot through the foot and was home with her family this morning. "My ACL hurt worse," Daina Deery, a senior at Cedar Falls High who was on the Homecoming Court...