Granger injured, and the game didn’t go well for Pacers either
By Barry Jackson, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The question, posed to Indiana coach Frank Vogel before Game 5 on Tuesday, was simple: What does his team need to do to win?
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By Barry Jackson, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The question, posed to Indiana coach Frank Vogel before Game 5 on Tuesday, was simple: What does his team need to do to win?
By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The momentum of a four-game winning streak and the return of Paul Konerko did little Tuesday night for the White Sox. Instead, their 9-2
By Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune – HOUSTON — Travis Wood deserved better. Making his first start since replacing Chris Volstad in the Cubs’ rotation, the left-hander demonstrated why Theo Epstein wanted him
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Supervisors met Tuesday morning. Cerro Gordo County OK’d a memo of understanding with Polk County for sharing the Precint Atlas voting
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – May 22, 2012 – Asphalt repair work will require closing the Interstate 380 exit ramp at the east interchange of southbound I-380/U.S. 20 (exit 65) near Raymond from
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Larry Portis (pictured) is having a spectacular 2012 Racing Season at the I-35 Speedway in Mason City. His hot pink, #59 Stock
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – Kirk Ferentz has been head coach for the Hawkeyes for 14 years now. That’s a long time and that’s a lot of great stories. Bob Sanders rings
By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Lawyers for three men accused of plotting to firebomb police stations and other political targets during the NATO summit in Chicago said Tuesday their clients
By Ashley Rueff, Chicago Tribune – TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Panic shot through the small Tinley Park restaurant as quickly as the stream of determined, black-clad assailants marched in, clubs and hammers in
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer,
By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times – VENTURA, Calif. — A British online auction house is offering a glass vial that it says held blood samples taken from President Ronald Reagan after his
By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals’ game with the San Diego Padres on Monday night at Busch Stadium had so little action through the first 6½ innings
By Jim Thomas, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — As the Rams began the business of reshaping their roster in February, general manager Les Snead said there was one underlying theme: We’re
By Harriet Ryan and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – It was billed as a “shocking tell-all” and a “world exclusive,” but the National Enquirer’s March 26 cover story landed with a thud.
By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — In the three years following Michael Jackson’s death, his estate has been conservative with posthumous releases from the King of Pop’s archives
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – This week’s DVD selections offer different looks at male bonding. —“The Grey,” Grade B: A group of survivors of a plane crash must battle a pack of
By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Van Halen will be back, lead singer David Lee Roth promises, and when the band returns, it may be bringing along some extra
Photo submitted by neighbors of the Vi-COR plant on South Benjamin Avenue. “Well said! Really stinks today-this afternoon blowing more towards Garfield and Mercy.”
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – U.S. Representative Steve King visited Mason City Tuesday morning. He held a town hall meeting at the Park Inn Hotel, sponsored by Dr. Gary Blodgett,
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today announced that he will participate in a trade mission to China from May 29 through June 5. Branstad’s trip results from an invitation the governor accepted
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – AMMAN, Jordan — The chief of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday he expects to sign a deal with Iran opening the way
By Scott Powers, The Orlando Sentinel – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way to a rendezvous with the International Space Station and possibly heralding a new
FOREST CITY, IA, May 21, 2012 — Winnebago Industries, Inc. recently elected Scott Degnan to the position of vice president of sales and product management, effective May 29, 2012. In his new
IOWA CITY, IA – The University of Iowa’s Big Ten Conference football schedules have been announced for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Schedules for all 12 league schools were release today by
AMES, Iowa – May 22, 2012 – Travel during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday may be slowed by road construction, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Several projects on Iowa’s interstate
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out three charges and upheld a fourth charge against a Mason City woman who was convicted in a
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Campbell Soup Co. will raise prices on its condensed soups by 5 percent in June as the company tries to turn itself around
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD — As U.S. frustration with Pakistan’s six-month blockade of Afghanistan-bound supplies became painfully apparent at the NATO summit in Chicago, Pakistanis are growing worried that
Volunteers with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in North Central Iowa were honored recently at an ice cream social for the contribution of their time and talents to elementary and middle
(Mason City) –The Cerro Gordo County Women’s Health Fund will be hosting Lace Up, Leash Up, Line Up, the first annual 5K walk/run for running and walking enthusiasts and dog lovers on
By Ryan Haggerty, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — At least 20 people arrested or detained by Chicago police during Sunday’s NATO protests were released from custody overnight, according to other protesters and representatives
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — By the end of next year, the unemployment rate will be at 7.5 percent. Consumer spending will be up, as will housing starts.
By Josh Robbins, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Coach Stan Van Gundy and General Manager Otis Smith did not want the uncertainty about their futures with the Orlando Magic to drag
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – May 21, 2012 – This week Alliant Energy started offering its customers a new option to pay their utility bill – through their smart phone. In the last
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating whether its own supervisors whose names have appeared in news reports during the NATO summit coverage had been targeted online, a
By Anne Blythe, McClatchy Newspapers – GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Edwards might be the one with the most to win or lose with the jury deliberating his fate, but the U.S. Department of
By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department said a pregnant woman looked on stunned as her boyfriend and a group of men got into fight
By Hannan Adely, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — Muslim leaders say they have been invited to a meeting Thursday with the state attorney general in Trenton for an update on
By Dave Helling, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It seems all those whereases and therefores have gone to their heads, or at least to their prose. Folks in Congress use too