News from the Area! .

CEDAR FALLS – The No. 3 Don Bosco Dons took advantage of several Trojan turnovers to post a 50-6 win over No. 2 Turkey Valley in the Eight-Man State Football Semifinals on Nov. 14 at the UNI-Dome.

CRESCO – Crestwood senior Sharon Goodman signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at the University of Iowa starting with the 2020-2021 season during a ceremony held at Crestwood High

JACKSON JUNCTION – The cold and wind  did not slow down the Eight-Man No. 2 Turkey Valley football team at all on Friday, Nov.

FORT DODGE – Turkey Valley sophomore Jalyssa Blazek posted a school record time of 18 minutes, 54.6 seconds to grab third place at the Class 1A State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge on Saturday,

FORT DODGE – Battling the cold, wind and dozens of the top cross country runners in Iowa on Saturday, Nov.

One-hundred and eighty-eight young adults from the Catholic parishes in Waterloo and Cedar Falls will be attending the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis next week.

UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital will host an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 11 to celebrate the renovation and expansion of its birthing center.

Life is beautiful at the Kit Kat Klub — join Theatre UNI in the iconic musical “Cabaret.” Shows begin Wednesday through Dec. 8 at the Strayer-Wood Theatre on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls.

Giving Tuesday is Dec. 3 and Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center is teaming up with the Allen Foundation and the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa to support those in our community who struggle with mental health.

A quick visual inspection suggests there is not much to the small community of Petersburg.

Sixty percent of registered Iowa Republicans who do not plan to attend the Democratic caucuses say the impeachment inquiry will make it easier for Trump to win re-election. A plurality of 45% of likely Democratic caucusgoers think the inquiry will make it easier for their nominee to win.        

With the exception of moderates, majorities of every demographic group among the registered Republicans surveyed definitely plan to vote to re-elect the president. They’re also confident he can beat the leading Democratic candidates.        

Black Friday deals start well before the shopping weekend, and these are all the sales happening right now.        

Our readers pick their favorite area businesses        

This week’s Letters to the Editor Nov 19-25, 2019