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by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The Mason City City Council met Tuesday night and honored a Mohawk state champion wrestler and the Mohawk Danzers. Mason City’s Jared Bartel received a
MASON CITY – On Tuesday, March 6th, 21-year-old Brandon Lee Hadacek of Mason City was found guilty of violating probation while serving his original sentence at Beje Clark. Hadacek was subsequently arrested
MASON CITY – On Monday, March 5th, 47-year-old Donya Marie Lee received a deferred judgment on a Class C felony charge of delivery of crack cocaine. Donya was originally arrested on June
By Jon Stephenson, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Six British soldiers were believed to be killed when an explosion struck their armored vehicle, marking the biggest loss of life for British forces
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A lawmaker and former federal prosecutor has drafted proposed new penalties for criminals who illegally purchase and smuggle firearms into Mexico, saying he
By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Any U.S. military effort to protect civilians in Syria would take weeks to implement, the top Pentagon civilian and military officials said Wednesday, underscoring
MASON CITY, Iowa – NIACC volleyball continues to add to its roster for next season by signing Central Springs’ Lexy Nodtvedt as the seventh member of its 2012 recruiting class. Nodtvedt, a
By Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — After less than a year in town, Rosie O’Donnell is leaving Chicago, according to the Huffington Post. The site reports O’Donnell is taking her five-month-old
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — NBC is doing some spring cleaning and scheduling: The network gave “America’s Got Talent” a May premiere date and has a new Tuesday
By Nathaniel Popper, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Renewed fears of a European recession are threatening to derail the stock market’s 2012 rally. Stock indexes around the world experienced their sharpest
By Peter Delevett, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s half an hour before the CEO of Silicon Valley’s hottest social network is set to take the stage, and it’s
By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News – With the PlayStation Vita, Sony has attempted to infuse a traditional handheld game machine with some of the smartphone and tablet features that have made
By Reid Kanaley, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Can you avoid an IRS audit by staying on the straight and narrow when preparing your tax return? There’s no guarantee, but some forethought may help
The Mason City Police Department forward the following IRS press release today: WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging scheme tempting
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times – In another possible sign of an improving U.S. economy, private companies added 216,000 more jobs in February, according to a study released Wednesday by a private
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — New research challenges the conventional wisdom that the unemployment rate is falling because workers have given up looking for a job and have exited
By Jeremy C. Owens, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple unveiled the third generation of its popular iPad tablet computer Wednesday, with a host of upgraded features including 4G,
In January, staff for Sen. Chuck Grassley on separate occasions asked the Federal Communications Commission chairman to make two senior staff members available to discuss the LightSquared wireless project. The first staff
by Matt Marquardt – NorthIowaToday.com has received a hard copy letter stating that Cerro Gordo County Supervisor Jay Urdahl is the the Republican party’s “favorite Democrat” and “leans on rich Republicans for
MASON CITY – A whole week of messy Spring Break fun for students in grades 1 through 6 is planned for Monday, March 12 through Friday, March 16 from 8:00 a.m. until
Ray Richardson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – If Kevin Love keeps this up, it won’t seem so extraordinary to hear him mentioned along with LeBron James or Kevin Durant as a candidate
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin cast a vote Tuesday night for one of the Republican presidential candidates. But for whom? A CNN producer caught the former
by Joe Buttweiler – MASON CITY – Hustling off to the YMCA to shoot hoops after work – sometimes in heels – paid off for Sandy King. She was able to help
FORT DODGE, Iowa – NIACC’s men’s basketball ended its season with a 82-73 loss to Iowa Central in the first round of the Region XI tournament on Tuesday. NIACC’s Chris Davis (Fr.,
FORT DODGE – The NIACC women’s basketball team was knocked out of the Region XI Tournament after 94-50 loss to Iowa Central on Tuesday night. The Trojans ended the season with a
By Paul Richter and Henry Chu, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Saying new negotiations with Iran will provide “a pretty good sense fairly quickly” if a diplomatic solution can prevent war, President
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — It may not be pretty. It may not be a love fest. But Mitt Romney is starting to pull away from the pack in his
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – INDIANAPOLIS — One player literally stood head — and partially shoulders — above everyone on the court the last time Iowa and Illinois met on the basketball
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Senate passage of a transportation budget bill Tuesday was almost more noteworthy for what was not debated than the $350 million in spending authority that won approval
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – The leader of a Senate committee considering the state regulatory framework for MidAmerican Energy’s proposed construction of a nuclear power plant said Tuesday he
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Iowa bartenders and restaurateurs would be able to mix and store “infused” drinks for up to 72 hours under legislation that got the high
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A man accused of attempting to hire a person to murder the Mount Vernon Police chief and other charges pleaded not guilty last week in U.S. District
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Tuesday, March 6, 2012: BIRDS OF A FEATHER House members approved a bill that requires
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds today announced three new stops on their tour promoting their plan for permanent property tax relief for all classes of property. Branstad and
Duluth News Tribune, Minn. March 07–Hate came to Duluth on Saturday — but not from where we thought it would. And in the end, with the way things played out, what can
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum in Ohio’s critical Republican primary race Tuesday, as the two GOP presidential candidates battled into the wee hours in the
Q. Are you disappointed Matt Gatens didn’t make the All-Big Ten first team? COACH McCAFFERY: I think the thing that you have to look at is, obviously, I thought he was a
ST. LOUIS- Iowa State sophomore forward Royce White was named to the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District VI team, announced today by the USBWA. White’s district consists of the best
In the interest of truth I must comment on the editorial in today’s Globe Gazette. It references the empty corner at Second and North Federal which has stood empty for several years.
Ben Goessling, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – DENVER – Of all the things Mike Yeo expected to be doing in his first year as the head coach of the Wild, explaining to