Kristin Guess, The Courier

Kristin Guess

The Courier

Waterloo, IA, United States

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Past articles by Kristin:

Hunt for Banned Books contest begins this week

WATERLOO – The Hunt for Banned Books with Youth Art Team and Waterloo Public Library will begin Sept. 27 when the public of all ages can look for “new” covers → Read More

Rainbow City Farms adds color to dishes

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Five-year-old Walt Rogers picked a large sweet pepper out of his father's garden. First he showed Michael Rogers his harvest, then ripped into it with his → Read More

Construction students in Iowa build, donate dog agility ramp

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The Cedar Valley's first public dog agility ramp has found its home. → Read More

Jesup square-dancing couple still on beat

WATERLOO – Jerry and Donna Amfahr have made it back to square one. → Read More

Iowa couple work to revive square dancing in Waterloo

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Jerry and Donna Amfahr have made it back to square one. → Read More

Little Brown Church in Nashua honors Scottish holiday

WATERLOO — It will be a tale of two birthdays at the Little Brown Church’s Sunday services this week. The Rev. Drew McHolm and his wife, Jesse Boatright, are shaking → Read More

New pastor helps spur revival of Iowa church

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — If walls could talk, the Little Brown Church in the Vale would belt out in song. Songs from more than a century ago are the foundation → Read More

New pastor helps spur revival of Nashua church

WATERLOO (AP) — If walls could talk, the Little Brown Church in the Vale would belt out in song. Songs from more than a century ago are the foundation of → Read More

Iowa group sews clothes for premature babies

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Cathy McRoberts knows the anguish families endure when a baby is born premature. She lived it when her granddaughter didn't survive after being born with only → Read More

Iowa dairy unveils rare beef cattle breed

HUDSON, Iowa (AP) — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. → Read More

Iowa dairy unveils rare beef cattle breed

HUDSON, Iowa (AP) — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. → Read More

'American Ninja Warrior' inspires new gym in Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Friends tried to talk Scott Behrends into watching the popular TV show "American Ninja Warrior" for several years. → Read More

Fifth-generation North Iowa farmer: CAFOs better for animal welfare, environment

LIME SPRINGS — As calls increase for new regulations on concentrated animal feeding operations — CAFOs — one Northeast Iowa producer insists advances in farming are better for animals and → Read More

Neighbors join together to fight hog confinements

One in a series of stories on the issue of concentrated animal feeding operations in Iowa. → Read More

Rodney Lewis organizes teen work skills program in Waterloo

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Rodney Lewis not only unleashed his culinary skills on the Cedar Valley last year when he opened Rodney's Kitchen in downtown Waterloo, he opened his doors → Read More

Cedar Falls woman promotes autism safety program

CEDAR FALLS — News that a La Porte City teen with autism was missing hit hard for Courtney Raines, a parent of a child with autism. → Read More

Iowa ski team celebrates 60th anniversary

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people flocked to Eagle Lake last week for the Waterhawks Ski Team's 60th anniversary event. → Read More

Iowa ski team celebrates 60th anniversary

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people flocked to Eagle Lake last week for the Waterhawks Ski Team's 60th anniversary event. → Read More

Live music venue in Iowa changes ownership

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Some people start businesses to get rich. Some inherit them. And some start them because they've got an undying passion for their product. → Read More

Sold at night: Iowa woman recounts being forced into prostitution

WATERLOO — While her high school friends were enjoying the summer of 1992, Heather Rios was living a nightmare. → Read More