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Chicago Tribune – Veteran Chicago Police officer Preston Ross Jr. suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while on duty at a CTA stop, the Cook County Medical Examiner said today. Ross, 48, was in uniform and working on
MASON CITY, Iowa – NIACC’s men’s basketball team was derailed by weak side offensive rebounds in a 98-93 overtime loss to Iowa Central on Saturday. The Trojans (14-15 overall, 5-8 in the
MASON CITY, Iowa – Iowa Central seemed to have a game plan against NIACC: get inside the NIACC defense and take advantage of its short bench. Mission accomplished. The Iowa Central women
STILLWATER, Okla. – Iowa State jumped out to an 11-point first half lead on Oklahoma State but went cold the remainder of the game and dropped a 71-63 decision Saturday night at
The tail is now wagging the dog. In Sunday’s Globe editorial they respond directly to the article written this week by NIT publisher Matt Marquardt. The focus centers on the recent delegation
MCT FORUM, By Alvaro Huerta – The poor get no respect in this country. As someone who experienced abject poverty in America’s barrios, I know a thing or two about being disrespected due
By Andria Cheng, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — As crude oil prices reached a nine-month high on concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, Saudi Arabia has increased its crude exports, and the U.S. is
By Andrea Sosa Cabrios – MEXICO CITY — The United States and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called Saturday in Mexico City for higher firewalls as part of a
By Amy Kaufman and Oliver Gettell, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Artist,” produced by Thomas Langmann, won best feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. The black-and-white homage
By Kathleen Gray and Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press – TROY, Mich. — Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney took turns bashing each other Saturday — a few hours apart —
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – BURLINGAME, Calif.—With his competition focused on the chilly Midwest, Newt Gingrich wooed California’s Republican faithful Saturday, banking on a Republican contest so chaotic that
By John Glionna, Los Angeles Times – SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea’s newly installed leader Kim Jong Un threatened Sunday to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked. It was the
By David Enders and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – WADI KHALID, Lebanon — On the Lebanon-Syria border, Syrian refugees scoffed Sunday at the idea of a referendum on a new constitution proposed by
By Ali Safi and Jon Stephenson, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven U.S. soldiers were wounded Sunday when an insurgent threw a grenade into their base in the northeastern province of Kunduz,
By Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – BEIRUT — The U.S. military has recovered the remains of the last U.S. service member missing in Iraq, ending a nearly six-year ordeal involving shadowy militants and
MASON CITY – Mason City police were called to the Perkins restaurant, located at 2201 4th Street SW, at about 2:09 a.m. for a fight that an employee said involved multiple people
By Josh Robbins, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love bested Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant in a tiebreaker to win the Three-Point Contest at All-Star Saturday
By Josh Robbins, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Naysayers predicted that the Slam Dunk contest at All-Star Weekend this year would be a snoozer. They were right. (PHOTO: The Utah Jazz’s Jeremy Evans with his
By Ana Maria Pomi – RIO DE JANEIRO _ Brazil’s base in Antarctica, Comandante Ferraz Station, was destroyed Saturday by a fire that injured one military member and left two missing, Brazilian
MASON CITY – The Elect Jaszewski Committee has named John Moore treasurer. Moore is the accounting manager for Community Motors of Mason City. “John has been a good friend for many years
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Zaid Al-Alayaa, Los Angeles Times – SANA, Yemen — The inauguration of Yemen’s president was barely over Saturday when a car bomb exploded at a presidential palace, killing at
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – A person was arrested in connection with a large fight that happened at Alley Katz bar early Saturday morning. Michael Aaron Cordell Canady, 21, of Mason City,
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Aid agencies were unable to evacuate any people Saturday from a battled-scarred neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs, one day after
By Tom Lasseter, McClatchy Newspapers – PANHE, China — The old woman walked over to the door and peeked out from behind a blue curtain, looking slowly from one side of the street
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – If you live in Cedar Rapids, you pay $16.72 a month to have your garbage hauled off. What if someone wanted it badly enough to take it
James M. Fullerton FD&E, CPC, CFSP, a funeral director with Fullerton Family of Funeral Homes in Mason City, Iowa, has recently qualified for recertification of the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner
The North Iowa Choral Society announces spring auditions for the Choral Society Children’s Choir. The Children’s Choir was formed in fall 2011 to provide opportunities for young musicians to develop and share
By Alan Bavley, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Women may say, “It’s about time.” Guys may have the same reaction. After many overly optimistic predictions, a male version of The Pill
McClatchy-Tribune News Servicev – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: For 40 years, competitive colleges and universities in the United States have taken race into account in order to
By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers – DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG): Zac Efron and Taylor Swift provide the voices in this 3-D animated adaptation of the classic children’s book about a boy, a
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING THE SECTION 106 REVIEW AND AMENDMENT OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, MASON CITY, CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IA, UNDER THE FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Mason City Public Library will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday on Saturday, March 3rd. To kick things off, our 2nd Annual Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast will be held in the
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – The Iowa Supreme Court suspended the license of a Waterloo lawyer for one year Friday, based on multiple acts of misconduct. The court ruled Robert J. Hearity,
From Iowa Senate Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer – Our committees were hard at work this week, as we successfully concluded the first legislative “funnel.” As you may recall, the first funnel week
By Uri Dromi, McClatchy Newspapers – Thirty years ago, when I was promoted to a new position in the Israeli Defense Forces, I sent all my friends a note promising to do this
Alliant Energy proudly presents One Night of Queen as they take the stage at the North Iowa Community Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 9. Tickets are $35 in advance or
DES MOINES – Iowa Workforce Development’s (IWD) job bank at www.iowajobs.org has doubled in the last year thanks to a unique partnership with the Direct Employer’s Association. IWD is able to use state of
By Kevin Ferris, The Philadelphia Inquirer – When it comes to the realities of life in journalism, no one prepared me more while I was an undergrad at Virginia Commonwealth University than Bill
As Royce Bowman shuffled down the ice-covered backwater, we held back and watched. In one hand, Bowman held out a small antenna. Cradled in his other arm was a radio receiver. “Even
By Brian Bennett, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — With the FBI pounding on his door, and his wife and two children barely awake, Shawn Rice allegedly strapped on a bulletproof vest, grabbed