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MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested Wednesday afternoon. Dean Richard Huse, 56, was apprehended in Mason City at the intersection of 13th Street SE and South Penn Avenue at about
COACH FERENTZ: Welcome, everybody. I want to cover the press release together Steve Roe put together with the last couple of pieces of the puzzle with our staff and the last couple
(Mason City) – Disease Prevention and Investigation Officials at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health have confirmed an increase of flu activity in our community. “The Health Department has started
By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Consumer Reports has criticized the safety testing that went into the Lap-Band weight-loss device, raising concerns about poor regulatory oversight of medical equipment
Gretchen A. Crooks, 37,of 3955 Cameo Ave, Osage, IA, died Saturday March 24, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm, Friday, March 30, 2012 at the First Congregational
By Michael Doyle and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded out the notion that most of a major health care law could survive even if its
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This season the Minnesota Timberwolves have done a lot of work easing the pain of the past. Losing streaks to one team or
Clarinda, IOWA – This morning the Clarinda Police Department, the Page County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Iowa State Patrol continue to investigate an overnight shooting involving
INDIANOLA, Iowa – The NIACC Men’s Golf team faced tough windy conditions as they opened the 2012 spring season with a fifth place finish at the Simpson Invitational held in Indianola. Freshman Brent Tarr (Clear
Weysan Dun, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Omaha Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that 12 individuals were arrested in the early morning hours today. All of
On March 26, 2012, at approximately 11:20 a.m., a bank robbery occurred at a Wells Fargo Bank branch located at 16401 County Road 30, Maple Grove, Minnesota. A lone male, described as
During the third quarter of 2011, there were 1,094 reported violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statue, a decrease from the 1,325 reported violations in the same quarter of
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – University of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has announced additional changes to the Hawkeye football coaching staff, with the changes taking effect immediately. Recruiting coordinator Eric Johnson, a
AMES, Iowa – Northern Iowa’s six-run second inning was the key for the visitors Tuesday afternoon as the Panthers (21-9, 6-0 Missouri Valley) defeated Iowa State (9-19, 0-3 Big 12) 8-0 in
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 28, 2012 – Road construction work on U.S. 218 near Janesville will resume Monday, April 2, and continue until early November, weather permitting, according to the Iowa
A coalition of governors is joining forces to support the U.S. beef industry and set the record straight about lean finely textured beef, releasing a statement and conducting a Beef Plant Tour. Lean
(DES MOINES, Iowa) Attorney General Tom Miller has settled an investigation of door-to-door meat and other food products by Iowa Steak Company, LLC, a West Des Moines company. After fielding complaints from
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – The ghost of CES has already arrived at City Hall. He is roaming the halls, shaking his chains and moaning. Mason City Mayor Eric Bookmeyer and his
MASON CITY – An Iowa Falls man who had been charged with a Class C felony count of 3rd degree sexual abuse and an aggravated misdemeanor count of harboring a runaway received
FRAUDULENT UTILITY BILL E-MAIL The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received over 40 complaints since May 2011 reporting the receipt of an unsolicited e-mail purportedly from a specified utility company. The
By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – SANFORD, Fla. — Despite public claims that there wasn’t enough probable cause to make a criminal case in the Trayvon Martin killing, early in the investigation the
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — A bipartisan House-Senate working group is hoping to craft reforms to the state’s tax increment financing system that can win legislative approval this session,
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — San Diego police are investigating the apparent theft of a 300-pound bronze statue of the Lorax — a character from a Dr. Seuss
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – Newt Gingrich’s campaign says that a new policy to charge supporters $50 to take a photo with the GOP hopeful is really a way to
By Mimi Whitefield, Kevin G. Hall and Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – HAVANA — Pope Benedict XVI’s whirlwind trip to Cuba neared its Wednesday climax — a papal Mass in Havana’s massive Revolution
By Michael Doyle and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — A clearly divided Supreme Court cast serious doubts on the Obama administration’s signature health care law Tuesday, emboldening the Republicans who now
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Hunger Games,” the teen action-adventure film that is opened to big numbers last weekend, is, without question, a parable of the Occupy
McClatchy-Tribune News Service Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: ——— MARCH 27: A Dangerous Method — Sony 27: Extremely Loud & Incredibly
By Lolly Bowean, Ryan Haggerty and Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — An 80-year-old man who was arrested after shooting an alleged burglar in his South Side Chicago home brought renewed attention
By Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – WASHINGTON — Amid TV cameras, microphone booms and a large crowd chanting against “Obamacare,” U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann was back in the national spotlight Tuesday. Even
By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Americans are increasingly optimistic about the economy, but they are feeling strained by rising gasoline prices, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. A slim plurality
By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — As Trayvon Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, entered a crowded congressional hearing room Tuesday, time stood nearly still. A Justice Department witness speaking
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval to a popular but increasingly controversial bill designed to make it easier for small businesses to raise money, even as
By Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The first to fall in the Korean War are also among the first casualties of the current diplomatic impasse between the United States and North
By Kathleen Brady Shea, The Philadelphia Inquirer – WEST CHESTER, Pa. — A former Kennett Square, Pa., police officer who told young female victims that he was possessed by a spirit that needed
AMES, Iowa- The long wait is over for future Iowa State stars Korie Lucious and Will Clyburn. Their final season in collegiate basketball has officially begun, and both couldn’t be more excited.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas landed unexpectedly in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday morning after the co-pilot took over for the captain,
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISO — Federal agents routinely profiled Muslims in Northern California for at least four years, using community outreach efforts as a guise for
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a move by survivors and victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to claim $6.6 million of alleged al-Qaida
By Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The most interesting and significant testimony at the war court so far — a Saudi captive’s account of how CIA agents interrogated him while shackled