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News & Entertainment for Mason City, Clear Lake & the Entire North Iowa Region
James Q. Lynch, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids – SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was taken by ambulance from the USS Iowa after he choked on a cracker while participating in
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – WIMBLEDON, England — The tennis played by Andy Murray and David Ferrer was exquisitely quirky but also filled with the big-boy points where the power generated
By Jon Stephenson, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan soldier shot and wounded five U.S. soldiers late Tuesday at a base in eastern Afghanistan in what is the latest in a
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Contradicting one of his senior advisers, Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the individual mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care plan is a
By Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The Pentagon has decided to lay an estimated $40 million underwater fiber-optic cable from Guantanamo Bay to South Florida, The Miami Herald has learned, in
By Ofira Koopmans – TEL AVIV, Israel — A Swiss laboratory confirmed Wednesday that it found an abnormal amount of polonium-210 on a pair of underwear used by late Palestinian leader Yasser
MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department is investigating a missing person report on 14 year old Garret Joyner. Garret was last known to be at home around 08:00 a.m. on
DES MOINES – The national weather service in Des Moines says that dangerous temps and heat will continue throughout the North Iowa area at least through Thursday. An excessive heat warning remains
By Michael Russo, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Wild is doing all it can to pull off the upset of the century. Competing for two of the most coveted
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves continued their free-agency pursuits on Tuesday, still wooing Portland swingman Nicolas Batum in Minneapolis with the prospect of a four-year
By Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The first half of the season officially passed for the Cardinals on Tuesday night. Perhaps fittingly it offered a lesson in how
By Andrew Carter, McClatchy Newspapers – NEW YORK — Harrison Barnes didn’t have cable growing up, and his earliest memory of Michael Jordan was as an aging player at the end of
MASON CITY – Mason City Fire Chief Bob Platts confirmed Tuesday that authorities are investigating an incident on the city’s north side that could involve arson. The Mason City Fire Department was
This is an area that appalls me to no end. These warehouses for death are a blight on this country and at the same time an indictment against the civilization that panders
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – The annual fireworks show was held Tuesday night in Mason City at the North Iowa Events Center. Folks packed into the I-35
MASON CITY – On July 3rd in Cerro Gordo County District Court one class B felony count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, one class D felony count of failure
By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The bathtub Drew Peterson’s third wife drowned in won’t be brought into court at his trial later this month, a judge ruled Tuesday, but jurors
By Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A fire chief’s demonstration of the dangers of fireworks became a teachable moment Tuesday morning when a canister tipped over and shot fireworks into a
By James Walsh, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Want to know if anybody else has had a problem with your model of artificial hip? Worried that a new defibrillator is not all
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – ISTANBUL — After more than 15 hours of expert-level talks, the United States and other major world powers agreed with Iran early Wednesday to move toward resumption
By Phil Trexler, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — A Ohio woman is hospitalized after her scalp was ripped from her head when her hair became caught in a machine during her
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A former U.S. Marine from Southern California could face up to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of illegal possession of
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Regulators on Tuesday released shortened public versions of breakup plans known as “living wills” that the nine largest banks were required to submit so
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — That Andy Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy for either of his signature series — the rural family comedy “The Andy Griffith
By Ian Duncan, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter HIV test Tuesday, allowing people to test themselves in private at home and get preliminary
By Carroll Rogers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — Somebody forgot to tell Chipper Jones he doesn’t need any more “Final Votes.” He’s already made the All-Star team. Just hours after being named
From the Iowa DNR: “Clean. Drain. Dry.” That’s the slogan the Iowa DNR wants boaters and anglers to remember for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday to protect Iowa lakes and rivers
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Amid escalating cross-border tensions, Syrian President Bashar Assad has told a Turkish newspaper that he regrets “100 percent” Syria’s downing of a Turkish
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — The nation’s highest military appeals court has agreed to hear an appeal on behalf of a Marine from Camp Pendleton, the last Marine
Mara H. Gottfried, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Two separate cases of road rage in St. Paul reportedly escalated to violence: One man is accused of pointed a gun at a car
By Anne Danahy, McClatchy Newspapers – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania lawmaker is introducing legislation that would strip Jerry Sandusky of his pension, one of several moves to change the state’s retirement
By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The morning after he killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman went to a clinic with what appeared to be a broken nose, two black eyes and
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – Flags flew at half staff at buildings in North Carolina on Tuesday as the state mourned four airmen killed in a weekend crash while fighting fires
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign’s Bain Capital offensive took a fresh turn Tuesday with a new television ad that directly pits Mitt Romney against President
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – NORTH LIBERTY – The breakout season that Devyn Marble is coming off is only more motivation for the junior-to-be. This summer is about one thing
By Jamie Goldberg, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A federal judge has struck down a key provision in an Obama administration regulation that would have penalized programs whose graduates end up with
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Should U.S. flags that fly from federal buildings be made entirely in the U.S.A.? So ask sponsors of the “All-American Flag Act,” introduced in
By Alex Rodriguez and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD — The U.S. and Pakistan resolved a bitter seven-month stalemate when Washington apologized for killing two dozen Pakistani soldiers in errant
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – DETROIT — The Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe Show continued Tuesday night, which was a good thing for Minnesota Twins fans, who had to sit through
By Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It was a busy day for the Los Angeles Clippers and it left the organization hopeful. The Clippers began Tuesday by welcoming