Good morning, Waterloo.

The Courier released its 2026 Eight Over 80 series honoring eight community seniors for their longstanding contributions.

The online profiles are available now for readers to learn about these inspiring figures (over 80).

Friday Loo moved indoors from Main Street Waterloo to Screaming Eagle at 228 E.

Fourth St due to bad weather; the summer tradition ran from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. with 90's Kid playing nostalgic punk music + offering free admission.

Black Hawk County will host a town hall for rural residents on Aug.

26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hawkeye Community College Van G. Miller Center in downtown Waterloo, where county leaders will review services and answer questions.

The local humane society offers a discounted $55 spay and neuter program for barn and free-roaming cats and includes a free rabies vaccination with each surgery.

Residents can contact the society now for more information.

Gamers Outreach donated a Nintendo Switch GO Kart to Allen Hospital's pediatrics unit in Waterloo, giving young patients a new way to play while they receive care.

The donation was made recently to support interactive play for children.

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services launched a new dashboard to track a cyclospora outbreak with nearly 50 new cases confirmed after the CDC expanded its scope to include Iowa and five other states (officials say monitoring continues).

Waterloo East and West High Schools will play their varsity football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Friday, Aug.

28 at 7 p.m. The district moved the game from Memorial Stadium due to construction that made safe crowd management difficult.