Founded in 2010
News & Entertainment for Mason City, Clear Lake & the Entire North Iowa Region
Affordable & Professional: Breakthrough Web Design 515-897-1144
January 12, 2012 – Q. When you went back and watched the tape of the game, were you disappointed in reevaluating things as you were when the game was going on? Were
Legislation was introduced Thursday in the Iowa Legislature that would require those receiving unemployment benefits to undergo random drug testing. The bill was sponsored by Republicans Rich Arnold and Stewart Iverson. House Floor Action, January
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — CASSANDRA BATISTE, age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by the Honorable Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to sixty (60) months in prison for her role
AMES, Iowa – No. 9 Missouri had six players score in double figures en route to a 76-69 victory over Iowa State Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum. It was a close contest
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas’ Angel Goodrich was only 5-of-16 from the field but she hit a long three-point bucket with five seconds left to send the Jayhawks’ game against Iowa State to
By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – CLEAR LAKE – Police were hard at work Wednesday morning investigating an alleged assault. Around 6:40 a.m., it was reported that female was down after
McNutt, Daniels to represent Hawkeyes in senior showcase event Mobile, AL. (Jan. 11)—A pair of University of Iowa Hawkeyes will team up together one final time as members of the North squad
An Iowa doctor has been prohibited from practicing medicine in Iowa until charges against him are resolved. The Iowa Board of Medicine stated in a press release that Michael C. Prescher, M.D.,
Sliding the last tray into the shelves along a wall, Tom Rohde could look down at a morning’s work; 100,000 future trout—give or take a few thousand—now beginning the hatching process inside
By Mike McGraw, McClatchy Newspapers – JOPLIN, Mo. — The Joplin Home Depot store, where seven people died May 22 when the building catastrophically collapsed during an EF-5 tornado, reopened Wednesday with a
By Anna M. Tinsley, McClatchy Newspapers – FORT WORTH, Texas — There’s a new tumbleweed in town. The old-fashioned tumbleweeds that long exemplified empty, desolate places have been replaced by a new symbol
By Stephen Deere, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The ravines under her eyes have vanished. Gone, too, is the graying mullet she sported the day of her release. The
By Cynthia Dizikes, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Dr. Richard Fessler leaned over his patient’s back and sliced through skin, muscle and bone until he exposed the man’s spinal cord, crushed just days
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org – WASHINGTON — Look for same-sex marriage to be a flashpoint in states once again this year, both in legislatures and at the ballot box. The governors of
By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times SEATTLE _ It was a tragedy waiting to happen unless they could stop it. Washington State Patrol troopers tried their sirens, spotlights and even the PA
The Friends of Mason City Dog Park is partnering with Roller City in Mason City for a fundraising event. 50% of all admission sales will be donated to the Friends of Mason City
Tim Engstrom, Albert Lea Tribune, Minn. – An Albert Lea man was charged Wednesday with a gross misdemeanor for allegedly striking his 11-year-son with boards as punishment. After a Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office
Sarah Stultz, Albert Lea Tribune – The Steele County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a man they believe might have been involved in the Monday shooting at the
By Janet Lawler, for the Albert Lea Tribune – NORTHWOOD, Iowa — When the Iowa Legislature convened Monday for the 2012 session, representatives and senators alike were greeted by large pink binders
Shortly After 5 pm Monday evening Mason City Police received a call from a representative to report a theft by an employee. As a result of the report 19-year-old Daphne Jo Lincicum
Amanda Lillie, Austin Daily Herald – A 40-year-old Austin mother was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly driving drunk to pick up her son from school. Police arrested Gina Mason, of Austin, after they
By Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Creative Energy Systems’ next hurdle to make their $35 million dollar waste to energy plant happen is the North Iowa Landfill Board. (PHOTO: Proposed location
By William Douglas and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican presidential sweepstakes shifted Wednesday to South Carolina, where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hopes to keep running the table
By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — An Iranian scientist working at a key nuclear facility in that country was killed Wednesday in Tehran, the latest act in what appears to be
A man who possessed a handgun after having been convicted of a felony, pled guilty on December 19, 2011, in federal court in Sioux City. Kristen James Nelson, age 27, from Forest
FOREST CITY, Iowa, Jan. 12, 2012 — Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), a leading United States (U.S.) recreation vehicle manufacturer, today announced the retirement of Bob Olson from the position of Chairman
CLINTON, Iowa – Freshman guard Chris Davis (Colorado Springs, CO) scored a career-high 27 points and ignited a second half comeback for NIACC in a 86-76 win over Clinton Community College. Davis
MASON CITY, Iowa — Join the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum for the performance of the Simpson College Madrigal Singers Saturday, January 14, at 2:00 p.m. Madrigals are secular vocal music pieces
Scranton, PA – U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the United States Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Raymond Brennan – a 37-year old Bradford County man – in Burlington, North Carolina.
Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY – A split City Council signaled Tuesday night it was ready to move forward with red-light cameras in Iowa City. The council voted 4-3
Since the middle of 2010, the Treasury Department and independent regulators have been working to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – historic reforms that will make our
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — Rockwell Collins eliminated 100 positions companywide in its third round of workforce reductions related to cutbacks in domestic defense spending. The position cuts were
By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – “Joyful Noise” is a sort of Wal-Mart movie, not exactly trendsetting but a decent enough offering for the heartland. The premise smacks of focus-group research more
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D Rating: G. What it’s about: A callous prince living under a spell as a “beast” must win the love of the
By Steven Zeitchik and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Devil Inside” was a surprise hit at the box office this weekend — a micro-budget horror film with no
By Kirsten Valle Pittman, McClatchy Newspapers – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Bank of America Corp. finalized plans to buy the ailing Countrywide Financial Corp., government officials traded emails about the mortgage lender’s troubles,
By Dave Helling, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bain Capital, a company once operated by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was involved in the 2001 bankruptcy and closing of one of
Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – The 3M Co. has a new tactic to defend itself against a lawsuit filed by the state of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council: If we
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch – WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers increased their debt in November by the most in a decade, with auto, student and credit-card borrowing all advancing. Consumer credit rose a seasonally
Dan Gearino, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio – DETROIT — Honda will build a new central Ohio factory to make the Acura NSX “supercar” that it will offer for sale worldwide. Honda, which owns