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Bucks/NWL ‘Share The Glove’ Gives Youth Softball Teams a Chance at $2K in Equipment Recently, it was announced that most of the general public will have the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by the end of May. This is welcomed news for baseball fans everywhere, as Waterloo Bucks fans cant wait for the season to begin in a little less than three months. In the meantime, area youth softball coaches should get their fast-pitch softball team signed up for a chance to win free equ...

One of the highlights of the summer of 2020, and let me tell you there were very few, was still being able to head out to Riverfront Stadium and take in a baseball game with the Waterloo Bucks. Our "boys of summer" made it exciting too, they fielded a very good team that ended up being the "Minnesota-Iowa Region Champion" in a shortened season. Now we set our sights on the future, and what we hope can be a 2021 season that starts on time and plays a normal schedule. In the meantime, on the hee...

Browser was Pine Rivers unofficial library mascot for years 3:00 am, Jan. 1, 2021 × Many cats are seen as aloof, but Browser liked spending time with Pine River Library patrons. Submitted Photo Approximately 18 years ago, a black cat worked its way into the Pine River Public Library. On Dec. 22, that cat, named Browser by local library patrons, died at age 19. Until his retirement in 2018, Browser was the face of the library and a comforting companion to the many people who spent ti...

Awhile recovering. and his wife is so strong right there with him. and theyre being well taken care of. they say theyre getting world-class medical treatment, and theyre anxious to get well and rejoin their units. >> mr. mayor, again this has touched off a debate about access to firearms on bases. do you think there are any changes that are necessary to compensate for what just took place? >> well, ive heard lieutenant general milley, the commanding general at fort hood, talk about that in some ...

And young people and facing the duties that are put on them, and theyre very dedicated. but theyre trying to make a living, and the families are trying to make a living there. take a soldier like specialist lopez, hes an e 4, makes 28,000 a year, has to live off post, has a young daughter, i think, a young child, a wife may or may not be able to find employment. these are a lot of pressures on a family. and as i understand he had been married before and had two children in puerto rico that he wa...

Joining me now is dan corbin, the mayor of killeen, texas. also dr. steven zanakas, a retired brigadier general and a psychiatrist who went to fort hood in 2009 as part of a crisis team. doctor, what did you find in 2009 through your work as part of that crisis team? >> fort hood was undergoing a lot of stress. they have two divisions. theyre one of the largest in the world. 45 to 50,000 soldiers. they were deploying repeatedly to the combat theaters in iraq and afghanistan. and theres just a re...

The civilian population. >> absolutely. and young people and facing the duties that are put on them, and theyre very dedicated. but theyre trying to make a living, and the families are trying to make a living there. take a soldier like specialist lopez, hes an e 4, makes 28,000 a year, has to live off post, has a young daughter, i think, a young child, a wife may or may not be able to find employment. tees are these are a lot of pressures on a family. and as i understand he had been married befo...

To go into any detail about their injuries, but one of them is going to be there for quite awhile recovering. and his wife is so strong right there with him. and theyre being well taken care of. they say theyre getting world-class medical treatment, and theyre anxious to get well and rejoin their units. >> mr. mayor, again this has touched off a debate about access to firearms on bases. do you think there are any changes that are necessary to compensate for what just took place? >> well, ive hea...

Cavalry division and more soldiers deployed from ft. hood were killed than any other installation. so weve experienced the grieving. its a community. its like youve been kicked in the gut, like it cant be happening again. these are our friends. we go to church together. we pray together. we play together. its a really tight nit community. we have so much respect for these soldiers who put their life on the line for our country, and they -- many of them pay the ultimate sacrifice. >> mayor, if i ...

Is dead and not clear, not clear if there is a second shooter. but, mayor, thank you. >> you bet. >> joining us fort hood media relations chief chris. what can you can tell me? >> hi, greta. this is chris at fort hood. i can tell you that fort hood emergency services has an initial report that a shooter is dead. but this is not confirmed the injured personnel are being transferred to darnell medical center and other local hospitals. and numerous law enforcement agencies are in support and on the...