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MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested on Saturday for impersonating an officer (Iowa code 718.2). On Saturday at about 12:56 p.m., Mason City police were called to the Big Blue
Statement from Waterloo Police Department – On 3/19/12, Officers were dispatched to the bike trails in George Wyth State Park in reference to a female jogger that had been stabbed. The victim
March 19th – On the morning of March 5, 2012, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to a multi-vehicle accident with fuel spills on U.S. Highway 20 east of Webster
Your grandparents may have called it ‘consumption.’ In medieval times, it was known as the ‘white plague.’ Evidence of it has been found in mummies and skeletons dating back thousands of years.
DES MOINES – A severe thunderstorm warning for North Central Iowa has expired. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
From the Waterloo Police Department – On 3/16/12, Dennis Leahy, 63YOA, 6/12/48, was placed under arrest without incident at Tyson’s meats in Waterloo this evening. In Late February and Early March, Leahy
LATHAM REPORT: Two Years Later, Those Who Voted For New Health Care Law Are Seeing “What Is In It” Washington, Mar 19 – This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the enactment of
From Senator Charles Grassley: With spring just around the corner, many Iowans look forward to seasonal rites of passage this time of year. Farmers are itching to get in the fields. Home
Henry County, IOWA — On March 17, 2012, at approximately 5:10 PM, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a report of possible human remains being found along Old Hwy 34, near the
In 1956 I opened a bar at 217 North Federal, it was called, The Maisonette. We had the largest draft beer account in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota; we sold three barrels
MASON CITY – At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, the Mason City Police Department was dispatched to 509 4th NE. They were asked to be a standby because a resident of the house had
MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department over the past week has conducted compliance checks on taxi cabs operating in the city. They say the goal of the checks were to
NORTHWOOD – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission recently filed its annual report. The reports shows that Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood has increased its revenues and paid out more taxes in
A hog farmer who defrauded a northeast Iowa bank pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. David LeClere, age 58, from Coggon, Iowa, was convicted of one count of bank
By Mark Purdy, San Jose Mercury News – Be careful. Be careful, 49ers. Peyton Manning has been a great quarterback. It makes perfect sense to work him out and see if, after Manning’s
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have last weekjoined with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to introduce legislation that revives vital civil rights protections for older workers
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of serving as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp and being complicit in the deaths of
By Scott Powers, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — While Republican presidential candidates dig in for what has become a long, bitter fight for the GOP nomination, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is
Early Bird Mixed 3/09/12 High team scratch game – K O Construction 809 High team scratch series – Budweiser 2,153 High Individual games 1. Terry Schultz 258 2. Chad Elliott 255 3.
By David Jackson, Gary Marx and Ritu Sarin, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, the Rev. Sleeva Raju Policetti fled nearly a decade ago to his native
Eugene, OR – In what was the highest scoring regulation game between Division 1 teams this season, Oregon overcame a double-digit Iowa first-half lead to move on in the NIT tournament, 108-97 over
Chicago – Consumers are snacking significantly more now than they were just two years ago. Almost half (48 percent) of consumers polled say they’re now snacking at least twice a day, compared to
A woman who owned Xtreme Construction Company in Iowa City with her husband, an illegal alien, was sentenced March 12, 2012, to serve 18 months in federal prison for harboring and conspiring
A man who illegally entered the United States from El Salvador was sentenced on March 7, 2012, to 10 months in federal prison. Oswaldo Manrique Perez, age 32, from El Salvador, received
A man who possessed with intent to distribute crack cocaine was sentenced March 12, 2012, to 6 years in federal prison. Ryan Collins, 39, from Osceola, Arkansas, received the prison term after
By Megha Satyanarayana, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — A rainbow appeared over Dexter, Mich., on Sunday morning, three days after a tornado ripped parts of the town to shreds. At the Dexter
By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Automation in the cockpit of commercial airliners has flown full circle over the last half century, leading experts to raise concerns about the erosion of
By David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune – ST. LOUIS — After a long weekend of protesting aimed at reinvigorating their movement, Occupy leaders from around the country set their sights on their biggest target
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — The raging conflict in Syria that has left thousands dead and stymied all international peace entreaties is not just about the fate of
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney easily won the Puerto Rico primary Sunday, continuing his dominance in GOP contests in America’s island territories. Romney went into the
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — A car bomb explosion killed at least two people and injured 30 in the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian authorities said Sunday, raising
By Jerry Fallstrom and Richard Burnett, The Orlando Sentinel – TAVARES, Fla. — The second straight day of death on the waters of Lake Dora stunned thousands who watched Sunday as a retired
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Seven months after federal ATF agents launched the ill-fated Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation, they stumbled upon their main suspect in a remote
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The high school-set “21 Jump Street” taught its competition a lesson at the box office this weekend, easily collecting the majority of ticket
A Storm Lake man who a jury convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm was sentenced on March 12, 2012 to 15 years in federal prison. Darwin Zoch, age
By Claudia Buck, McClatchy Newspapers – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a sputtering economy, cash-strapped consumers are flocking to a new way of getting quick, short-term loans: online pawn stores. It’s yet another instance
A woman who discharged pollutants into a wetland pled guilty on March 13, 2012, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Elaine Kelly, age 65, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of one count
A woman who embezzled unemployment insurance benefits while working at Iowa Workforce Development was sentenced today to 4 years in federal prison. Linda F. Pippen, age 42, from Fairfax, Iowa, received the
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – In April 2009, three months after his inauguration, President Barack Obama ordered the release of the last four “torture memos” that the Bush administration had used