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MASON CITY – At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, former council candidate Sandy Servantez offered an apology to fourth ward council member Janet Solberg.
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — High-tech workers across the country could see smaller paychecks under an industry-led campaign to revise labor laws to further limit overtime benefits. Some of the
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — In case you can’t tell which foods at Wal-Mart are healthful, the world’s largest retailer will make it obvious right on the package
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, sending the Dow industrials to their highest close since 2008, as Greece reportedly neared accord on budget cuts, job openings rose
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Student-loan debt is pushing an increasing number of young people and their parents toward bankruptcy, according to a survey released Tuesday. More than
By Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Mark Zuckerberg showed up to rent Judy Fusco’s Los Altos, Calif., house in the fall of 2004, soon after he’d
By Amelia Rayno, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – LINCOLN, Neb. — Some look at a college basketball practice facility and see a necessary part of a successful puzzle. Others see an effective tool for
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — An improved test method for human growth hormone doping could be in place for the London Olympics in summer, World Anti-Doping Agency general secretary David Howman said on Tuesday.
By Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — NBA Commissioner David Stern says he is open to the league returning to Seattle, revealing he has met with the San Francisco hedge-fund manager
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – At approximately 7:00 p.m., Monday, the Mason City Fire Department and Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a call of an apparent head-on
By Girlie Linao – MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides,
By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News – SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Proposition 8, finding that California’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional because it deprives
John Mangalonzo, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – KEOKUK – An investigation into an elaborate meth-cooking operation in a home that netted five people the past few days has resulted in yet another
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A former Alburnett city clerk pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $37,000 from the city between 2006 and 2009. Amber Ransom, formerly Amber Franklin, 45, of
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – A new state Board of Regents Economic Development Committee can be a way to better coordinate efforts to boost Iowa’s economy and to discuss more consistent funding streams
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Democrats who control the Iowa Senate voted 26-23 on Tuesday to provide a 4 percent increase in per-pupil state aid funding to Iowa’s public K-12 school districts in
Erin Jordan, CR Gazette – President Barack Obama’s campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family members of a former University of Iowa student leader turned Mexican casino owner. Juan
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – Alberto Contador, for a brief time Lance Armstrong’s cycling teammate, had his 2010 Tour de France title taken away and a two-year ban for doping enforced
Des Moines, Iowa – State Representative Sharon Steckman of Mason City has announced that she will visit Mason City multiple times in February and March. Steckman will be at the Listening Post February
MASON CITY – The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s 2012 Winter Film Series, Films in February, Movies in March, continues this Saturday, February 11 at 2:00 p.m. withPage One: Inside The New York
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commended the United States Department of Labor after learning that the department has begun to reconsider onerous regulations
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – University of Iowa running backs coach Lester Erb has been recognized by Rivals.com as one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation. The honor is the
MASON CITY – Mason City police are warning of a mail scam involving insurance. Police said that residents in Cerro Gordo county are receiving a mailing soliciting for waterline insurance that extends
I can see a central auditorium being built here; if I close my eyes I can see the ice rinks, I can here the squeal of the blades as they cross the
Early Bird Mixed 2/03/12 (4 person team) High team scratch game – Budweiser 743 High team scratch series – Budweiser 2,064 High Individual games 1. Tim Lewis 245 2. Phil Myhre 236
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Another business has left downtown Mason City. Lillian’s, formerly located at 16 South Federal Avenue, has packed up and moved to Clear Lake. “I would have
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – Monday evening, at approximately 4:45 pm, a car/motorcycle accident was called into the Mason City Fire Department. The accident took place at the intersection of
By Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune – No artist owned 2011 quite like Adele, and she’s poised to sweep the major awards at the Grammys next weekend (8 p.m. EST Feb. 12 on CBS).
By Nate Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers – DURHAM, N.C. — In the game before the big game, the Duke Blue Devils ran into a feisty Miami team that showed no fear inside Cameron Indoor
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Betting that a combination of Internet streaming and kiosk DVD rentals can give consumers the most complete package in a fractured media landscape,
From Senator Charles Grassley – The U.S. Constitution says the President shall address Congress “from time to time” to report on the state of the union. The annual address gives the President
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – PAHRUMP, Nev. — Ron Paul is warming up the crowd as he heads into what could be the most important stretch of his political
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – State Auditor David Vaudt gave high marks Monday to Gov. Terry Branstad and the split-control Legislature for shrinking a “spending gap” to $139 million and improving the
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Thirteen years fills up a handful of boxes. Ken O’Keefe’s had them stacked outside of his office Monday morning. After 13 years as Kirk
By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend and fundraiser buy a
By Andy Grimm, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A Chicago cab driver of Pakistani descent pleaded guilty Monday to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group with ties to al-Qaida. Raja Lahrasib Khan,
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Alliant Energy expects to reach a decision by the end of June whether to build another power plant or pursue another path to meet its long-term energy
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Egyptian state media Monday published the names of 43 people accused in a politically explosive investigation of pro-democracy groups, saying they are suspected of
By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — One by one, potential jurors in the murder case against George W. Huguely V, who is accused of beating his former girlfriend to
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republicans in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri will vote for presidential candidates Tuesday, and while Mitt Romney is favored to win, many conservatives appear eager to