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Senate Floor Action – Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Senate convened at 9:00 a.m. Prayer Pledge of Allegiance The Journal of Wednesday, January 25, 2012, was approved. Referral from Calendar to committee: SF
January 26, 2012 Q. What happened in the last six minutes? Seemed like you guys were one or two away from seizing control. COACH McCAFFERY: I think it was fairly typical of,
by Kelly Elbert – MASON CITY – Charges have been filed against a Mason City man after he escaped from BeJe Clark residential facility and was captured in the same day. Jamie
By John L. Micek and Andrew McGill, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — As the hearse bearing Joe Paterno passed through the community he called home for more than
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2012 until 8 a.m. Monday, January 30, 2012, in honor
The Mason City Police Department has received two reports this morning about counterfeit bills received by local businesses. Once bill was a $10; the second was a $20. Both bills had clear,
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – At a budget hearing held Tuesday evening, Finance Director Kevin Jacobson revealed that city officials are looking to spend tens of thousands of dollars on
FORT DODGE, Iowa – The NIACC men’s basketball dropped below the .500-mark in conference play after losing to Iowa Central 57-48 on Wednesday night. It was the Trojans third straight loss, and
FORT DODGE, Iowa – The NIACC women’s basketball team lost their fifth straight game on Wednesday in an 81-56 loss to #10 Iowa Central. Kika Greenlee (Fr., Saint Louis Park, MN) scored
By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers – MEXICO CITY — In a sign that global manufacturers are looking beyond Mexico’s security woes, Nissan said Wednesday that it will invest $2 billion in a new
Des Moines, IOWA — On Friday, January 20, 2012, Zachary Edwards, age 29, from Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and criminally charged with Identity Theft, an Aggravated Misdemeanor (Iowa Code 715A.8(2)). Edwards
By Matt Krupnick, Contra Costa Times – WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Already inclined toward liberalism, college freshmen are leaning even farther left on key political issues, a nationwide survey of first-year students has
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said it is likely to leave short-term interest rates at rock-bottom levels at least through late 2014, giving businesses and consumers
By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — A number of tax proposals form the backbone of President Barack Obama’s blueprint to support American manufacturing by discouraging outsourcing. A series of six
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Department of the Treasury announced the fifth and final disposition of securities within its Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) Securities Purchase Program, which was launched as part
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – DALLAS — NBA owners haggled with players for months during testy labor negotiations last summer and fall, seeking a system that will allow small-market teams to
By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Rejoice, those who love fried foods: eating them may not put you at higher risk for coronary heart disease — if you’re frying
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – When the University of Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in the summer of 2010, the subject was football. Football, football, football. Nebraska football, marquee name. No explanation
By Kathy Bergen, Jeff Coen and David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The May summits of world leaders in Chicago are an unmatched opportunity to build the city’s global image and attract
By Georgina Gustin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — American schools will serve more of the good stuff — vegetables, fruits and whole grains — and less of the not-so-good — salt,
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Hours after four of his town’s police officers were arrested on federal charges of harassing and abusing Latinos, East Haven, Conn., Mayor Joseph
By Jessica Testa, Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — The Republican governor who has “Scorpions for Breakfast” says she was chewed out Wednesday by the leader of the free world. Gov. Jan Brewer’s greeting
On Tuesday, January 24th, District 2A Associate Judge Gregg Rosenbladt dismissed a serious misdemeanor voluntary absence (escape) charge filed against 28-year-old William Thomas Hester. The charged had been filed after Hester left
By Marc Caputo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The close, volatile Republican presidential campaign exploded in Miami’s Cuban-American community on Wednesday as Newt Gingrich pulled a controversial Spanish-language immigration ad after Sen. Marco
By Emily Seagrave Kennedy, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Just a year and a half after condemning officials at Arlington National Cemetery for “heartbreakingly incompetent management,” Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and
By David S. Cloud and Lutfi Sheriff Mohammed, Tribune Washington Bureau – MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Navy SEALs parachuted into the darkness, landing more than a mile from their objective: a small bush
A 10-count indictment was unsealed today charging six people with various offenses related to a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of at least $1.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport, Conn., returned an indictment charging four East Haven Police officers with conspiring to violate, and violating, the
Six Co-Defendants Have Pleaded Guilty WASHINGTON – A Philadelphia man has been convicted for his participation in a conspiracy to commit violent home invasion robberies of successful Asian business owners in Pennsylvania,
WASHINGTON – A Michigan man was sentenced today in Los Angeles to 25 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for participating in a child exploitation enterprise and producing child pornography, announced
Story and photos by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – A typical Iowa winter would see Larry Elwood’s construction crew busy with sixty to eighty hours a week of
By Ana Anthony, The Daily Globe, Worthington, Minn. Jan. 25–SIBLEY, Iowa — Bob Alexander, accounts manager for Midwest Spray Foam, is certain that spray foam insulation is an energy efficient insulation type
Amanda Lillie, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – A 30-year-old Austin man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly choked his father-in-law and threatened him with a knife. Afi Ali Abdi was charged
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — McDonald’s now has its eye on the KFC customer, launching its new Chicken McBites in the U.S. on the same day that it
Op-ed by Mike Petersen of Mason City: The Iowa caucus, 1st in the nation, something to be taken seriously. Well, at least as long as your candidate wins. It was clear from
Kelli Lageson, Albert Lea Tribune – Mayo Clinic Health System has revamped its website, and it will be available starting Thursday. The redesigning of the site, at www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org, is in conjunction with the
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Iowa State did about everything right in the last 14 minutes in a 66-57 win at Kansas State, as the Cyclones (11-7, 2-5 Big 12) defeated the Wildcats (13-6,
We all live within the parameters of our own time. Whether your life is long or short, it is your own time on this earth. And regardless of what time in history
DES MOINES, IA – On January 19, 2012, Andru Alan Fisher, age 42, of rural Glenwood, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court for his participation in a conspiracy to manufacture
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in December, the lowest level reported since June 2009. The current rate compares with 5.7 percent for November, and