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Dundee, IOWA — On January 5, 2012 at approximately 5:07 PM, Delaware County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to 1749 120th Street in Dundee, Iowa in response to a 911 call. The
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – WASHINGTON — Those relative few who remained from a sparse Sunday matinee audience at Verizon Center booed when Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio celebrated Sunday’s 93-72
By Frank Schwab, The Gazette – DENVER — The most improbable playoff team in the NFL got the most improbable win of the NFL’s first weekend of playoff games. Denver, who finished the
Richard Croome, The Eagle, Bryan, Texas – Iowa State’s Royce White made the Texas AandM Aggies look like they had called in sick Saturday afternoon. Really, it should have been the other way,
Huxley, IOWA — On Saturday, January 7, 2012 the Huxley Police Department received a phone call in reference to a welfare check on a 22 year old female. Huxley Police responded to
WASHINGTON – A founder of NinjaVideo.net, a website that provided millions of users with the ability to illegally download high-quality copies of copyright-protected movies and television programs, was sentenced today to 22
Tulsa World, Okla. IOWA CITY, Iowa – The No. 2 Oklahoma State wrestling team ended No. 1 Iowa’s 84-dual unbeaten streak in spectacular fashion 17-16 Saturday night in front of a raucous
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – IOWA CITY — The trick for Iowa in the aftermath of Saturday’s 29-point blowout to Ohio State was keeping its bruised confidence from becoming shattered.
WASHINGTON – A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred
COACH BLUDER: I want to thank the great crowd we had today for coming out to support us. That was wonderful. Too bad we couldn’t have given them the victory. I thought
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State 165-pounder Andrew Sorenson scored bonus points enroute to a 20-2 victory in the Cyclones’ 24-11 loss to No. 16 Missouri Sunday in Hilton Coliseum. No. 20 Iowa
AMES, Iowa – In the game in which Baylor, the nation’s top-ranked basketball team, scored a season-low 57 points, Brittney Griner was the difference. The 6-8 Baylor junior scored 26 points and
OSKALOOSA, IOWA – Three University of Northern Iowa wrestlers earned first place finishes at the William Penn Open Saturday. Seth Noble (141), Cody Caldwell (174) and Cody Krumwiede (285) all emerged as champions in their respective weight classes.
By Joe Buttweiler MASON CITY – “Whooo-ooooh!” “Wow, look at that!” A young family eagerly approached the model railroad display near Younker’s at Southbridge Mall, making train sounds and sharing excitement at
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Max Weaver is no longer a City Councilman, so he is finding new ways to fill his days. One of his favorite things to do,
By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times – TUCSON, Ariz. — She was scared to touch the stranger writhing outside the Safeway grocery store, blood streaming from a bullet wound in his upper left
By Ludmilla Lelis, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Talk about a lucky penny. It was actually worth $1 million. That was the final bid by an unknown buyer for the one-cent
By Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — When Lt. Marie Hannah retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 2010, she left with the well-wishes of her colleagues, a
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Lions Gate Entertainment is putting the finishing touches on a deal to acquire rival independent studio Summit Entertainment in a deal worth about
By Marni Jameson, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — What’s making Americans so fat? Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don’t exercise enough, but the reasons are
By Alexandra Zavis and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — A bomb rocked the Syrian capital Friday, killing as many as 26 people, injuring dozens more and leaving pools of blood,
By Juan O. Tamayo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Putting to rest rumors that he had died, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has published his first column in nearly two months — a
By David Barber – WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Eleven people died when a hot air balloon caught fire after hitting a power line as it was landing 55 miles north of New
The Yomiuri Shimbun – TOKYO — Using particles from space to look into the heart of nuclear reactors — this is the goal of researchers at Nagoya University. The Yomiuri Shimbun has
By Ramadan Al-Fatash – CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamists have stretched their lead in the final round of the country’s landmark parliamentary election, official results showed on Saturday. The party lists of the
By Ramin Mostaghim and Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times – TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held hostage by Somali pirates in
The Yomiuri Shimbun – TOKYO — Sony Corp. has discontinued production of TV sets with organic electroluminescence (EL) display panels, widely seen as the mainstream panel to be used in next-generation flat-screen
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Thousands of government supporters turned out Saturday for the funeral service for victims of a bombing in Damascus, the Syrian capital, waving flags and
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times – BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian authorities announced the arrests Saturday of 13 suspected members of a powerful drug gang, the latest salvo in the government’s all-out war
By Jeff Abramowitz JERUSALEM, Israel — Hackers who attack Israel need to know they will be attacked back, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Saturday, following a cyberattack on Israeli credit
By Hideo Kamata, The Yomiuri Shimbun – TOKYO — The government and ruling parties of Japan have described the planned increase in the consumption tax rate as a “first step” because they have
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch – CHICAGO — The outlook for the Chinese economy is cloudier than it has been in years, experts said. The road ahead for China is the “great unanswerable question,”
MASON CITY, Iowa –Kendale Dunn (So., Cleveland, OH) came off the bench to score 18 points to pace the Trojans as the NIACC men defeated the Southwestern Community College Spartans 69-56 in
MASON CITY, Iowa – The NIACC women’s basketball team forced 25 turnovers during a 68-47 win over conference foe Southwestern Community College. The win came during NIACC’s conference home opener and moved
OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Freshman Basil Minto (Cape Coral, FL) won the 184-class title, while Wismit Moinius (So., Naples, FL) and Victor Diaz (So., Huntington, CA) both recorded top-five finishes at the William
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — With public schools cutting back on spending for physical education, some members of Congress want to intervene, worried that the nation’s schools are churning out
Winterset, IOWA — On Friday, Drew C. Lipovac, age 26, of Winterset was arrested on three charges of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee (Iowa Code Section 709.15). Lipovac, a third grade
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Can it last? That was the question everyone was asking after the Labor Department reported Friday that employers added 200,000 jobs in December and
Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday gave his vote of confidence to the Republican Party of Iowa’s caucus process, saying party officials did
By Maria Recio, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is pushing for a strong second-place finish in Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire, where his Libertarian-style campaign seems