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MASON CITY – A violent criminal who had escaped from Beje Clark a third time on December 23rd is set to return after serving a 58 day sentence in county jail. 32-year-old
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — The leader of the Senate Republican minority is pushing to reinstate a limited death penalty in Iowa for any adult who kills a minor
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – Marion could be the first city in the nation to zap its garbage into energy in about five years, but the plan requires more garbage than the
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested after fleeing from officers early Tuesday morning. At 3:20 a.m., a citizen called police to report a suspicious vehicle in the 400 block
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – Wednesday morning at about 4:00 a.m., the Mason City Police Department and Mason City Fire Department were dispatched to an accident that occurred on the
MASON CITY – At a press conference Feb. 8, officials from North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Foundation announced today it has received a $20,458 grant from the Staples Foundation, the charitable
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Republican long shot Rick Santorum poked holes in Mitt Romney’s aura of inevitability Tuesday night with a trio of upset victories that shifted the
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become the chief conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, as he made a clean sweep of three Republican
Jon C. Ross has joined Fullerton Funeral Home as a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. Jon was born in Marshalltown, IA and grew up in Fort Dodge, IA. He graduated from Rosemount
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The Mason City Council met Tuesday night and approved 6-0 Mayor Eric Bookmeyer’s appointment of Anne Jones Flynn to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for
Brent Willett says he’s tired of the consensus of Turncoat; what do you think he’s tired of? Maybe he’s tired of listening to Turncoat taking and saying nothing, then taking far too
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves survived without suspended star Kevin Love on Tuesday night, beating Sacramento 86-84 at Target Center in a game that was notable
MASON CITY – A Mason City man had been arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred at Affordables, located at 315 North Delaware Ave., walked out of court on January 27th
Editor’s note: Were you scammed recently? Leave a post and explain what happened. —- By Stuart Pfeifer, LA Times – Here is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — No charges will be filed against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant over an alleged incident in August at a church in San
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tiger Woods, wearing a windbreaker and answering questions humorously and seriously, spoke nearly 1,540 words of insight about his own game and
By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — For better and for worse, consumers are starting to take on more debt — much more, surprisingly. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday that consumer
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum faced an important opportunity Tuesday to become the chief conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, as he was poised for possibly strong showings in
By Nathaniel Popper, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Regulators are proposing dramatic reforms to one of the most popular places for retail investors to put their cash: money-market funds. The staff
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Republicans continued efforts to advance the Keystone XL oil pipeline, hoping to bypass President Barack Obama’s decision to shelve the project and drive a
By Sean Collins Walsh, The Dallas Morning News – WASHINGTON —Texas taxpayers have paid about $1.4 million in legal expenses so far in the state’s redistricting battle, records obtained by The Dallas Morning
By Jessica Guynn and Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Yahoo Inc. is cleaning out its boardroom. Its beleaguered chairman and three other directors will leave in the latest in
By Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The comedy category at the Grammys is a funny thing… In the unwired, pre-cable era, comedy recordings on vinyl were a core way
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Fisker Automotive Inc. has stopped work at a former General Motors auto plant in Delaware where it plans to build Project Nina, a
By Nancy A. Youssef, Jonathan S. Landay and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — With $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid and a three-decade relationship hanging in the balance, U.S. officials
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — There are 366 days from this year’s Super Bowl to the next, and there is a lot of work to do. Thank heavens
By Mike James, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — An MRI exam Tuesday revealed that Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups has a torn left Achilles’ tendon. Billups, who was injured in
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — At this rate, the Bulls might start longing for the days Derrick Rose merely hurt himself with an apple cutter in bed. Rose didn’t miss
By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Cable television has become the top source of news about the presidential campaign, while fewer Americans turn to their local TV stations and
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – ATLANTA — Newt Gingrich walked away from South Carolina with a big victory. Now a Republican group stands accused of walking away from a tony Charleston
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign’s new, friendlier posture toward “super PACs” was the result of an “evolving conversation” on the role of outside money, senior campaign
By David Ovalle, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — When he and his twin sister were bound by the wrists and ankles in the bathtub of their West Miami-Dade house, Victor Barahona’s adopted father
By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Josh Powell’s final, horrific act — killing his sons and himself in a fiery inferno — was tantamount to a confession to his wife’s
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have arrested a reputed enforcer for the country’s most powerful drug cartel — a man also alleged to have amassed weapons
By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A central Pennsylvania college is surprised to find itself the center of media attention this week simply for selling Plan B, the so-called
By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Amtrak passenger trains sped up to 110 mph for the first time Tuesday in western Michigan and northern Indiana on two routes serving Chicago, officials
By Ben Fritz and Joe Flint, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it’s learning what
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Faced with continued blowback from a new rule on health insurance coverage for birth control, the White House on Tuesday emphasized that the details
By Jay Levin, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — Character actor Sam Coppola of Leonia, N.J., who gave John Travolta sage but salty advice in the 1977 film classic “Saturday Night
MASON CITY – North Iowa Corridor / EDC Director Brent Willett told the city council Tuesday night that he is “tired” of the “overwhelming consensus” in the community regarding city council member