Waverly Newspapers

11/27/2025

BONUS Time Warp photos: BASKETBALL! Janesville and Denver teams from 1975. Click on photos for players' names.

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.

11/27/2025

It’s the season of generosity.

With Thanksgiving upon us and Christmas just around the corner, many people are thinking about helping others and giving back to their communities. As evidenced in the pages of this newspaper, locals have been sharing

It’s the season of generosity.

11/26/2025

The bridge is officially open!!!

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11/26/2025

On the morning of 11/26/2025, members from the Waverly Fire Department and Waverly Police Department extracted a deceased male from the Cedar River at the Waverly Rail Trail Bridge. After an initial investigation by the County Medical Examiner and W…

On the morning of 11/26/2025, members from the Waverly Fire Department and Waverly Police Department extracted a deceased male from the Cedar River at the Waverly Rail Trail Bridge. After

11/26/2025

BONUS Time Warp photo: IT DIDN’T GET AWAY—“Ervin Wittenburg, Denver, vacationing recently in Acapulco with his wife; Mr. and Mrs. Don Buck and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Schumacher, also of Denver, caught a prize sailfish. The fish measured eight feet, nine inches in length and weighed 127 pounds. It took Wittenburg 45 minutes to land the trophy fish which was caught on a 30-pound test line. According to Wittenburg, a nine-foot sailfish is among the largest ones caught in the area” (from Nov. 25, 1975).

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.

11/26/2025

Gavin Steege, Waverly guest council member for November and owner of Steege Construction, offered the Waverly City Council a different way to approach the conundrum of lack of “affordable” housing.

11/26/2025

The new Bremer Avenue bridge is set to open to traffic and pedestrians on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and the community could hardly be readier for it.

11/26/2025

Late this summer, mom-friends Cortney Manning and Holly Richards were making their usual late-night drive home from Galena, Illinois, after a typically busy night at their wedding venue side-job. Manning, as the passenger, was scrolling through TikT…

Late this summer, mom-friends Cortney Manning and Holly Richards were making their usual late-night drive home from Galena, Illinois, after a typically busy night at their wedding venue side-job. Manning, as the passenger, was scrolling through TikTok for services Waverly could use.

11/25/2025

11/25/2025

BONUS Time Warp photos: Left: SANTA’S HELPERS—“City utility crew members Larry Zars and Dick Van D**e lift one of Waverly’s Christmas decorations into place on a light pole. The installation of street decorations was started this week in preparation for lighting and Holiday Season opening on December 8” (from Nov. 27, 1975).

Right: YULE DECOR READY—“Waverly’s utility crew began the seasonal job of putting up street decorations along Bremer Avenue this past week. Lights for the lamp-post decorations and cross street lights will be turned on after Thanksgiving to officially mark the opening of the holiday season” (from Nov. 26, 1985).

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.

11/24/2025

The Waverly-Shell Rock, Denver and Janesville girls wrestling teams competed on November 21 and 22 at the Cliff Keen Independence Girls Invite. In a massive tournament with 38 schools in attendance, two area wrestlers were able to take home gold, an…

The Waverly-Shell Rock, Denver and Janesville girls wrestling teams competed on November 21 and 22 at the Cliff Keen Independence Girls Invite. In a massive tournament with 38 schools in attendance, two area wrestlers were able to take home gold, and one area wrestler took home silver.

11/24/2025

BONUS Time Warp photos: CHOPPER TOUR—“First, second and third graders of the Denver elementary school had an opportunity last week to see, touch and explore a helicopter at close range. The Waterloo unit of the National Guard visited the high school seniors, promoting their recruiting program. Elementary principal Duane Boehmke asked the National Guard representatives to also explain a few things about helicopters to the younger children. Youngsters learned much about the machine itself, as well as the different duties and functions of the National Guard helicopters and pilots” (from Nov. 27, 1975).

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.