UPDATE: Subject sought on arrest warrant apprehended
MASON CITY -A wanted subject was apprehended Tuesday evening. Cameron Joe Brunstein is now in the Cerro Gordo County Jail as of about 8:30 PM. ———– Mason City police are
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MASON CITY -A wanted subject was apprehended Tuesday evening. Cameron Joe Brunstein is now in the Cerro Gordo County Jail as of about 8:30 PM. ———– Mason City police are
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By Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly will go head-to-head in a debate to be held in Washington next month, the pair announced Monday. In
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — Peregrine Financial founder Russell Wasendorf Sr. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to four charges in connection with embezzling about $200 million from customer
By Ellen Jean Hirst, Jennifer Delgado, Noreen Ahmed-Ullah and Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates decided Tuesday afternoon to end the city’s first teacher
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – John Choate wasn’t happy with how he was treated at U.S. Bank, so he decided to do something about it. Choate has been telling everyone
MASON CITY -A Mason City woman was arrested on third degree theft charges recently. Almyra Elizabeth Sharp, 37, was arrested after a shoplifting incident at Kum & Go gas station, 1303 4th
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The Mason City School Board met Monday evening at the administration building. The consent items on the agenda were approved unanimously. Board member Mark Young
From Senator Charles Grassley: Q: What’s the rationale for federally subsidized crop insurance? A: A stable and affordable food supply is fundamental to national security, and U.S. agriculture helps to feed the
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, already pushing back against suggestions that he was losing ground to President Barack Obama, confronted more difficulty Monday
September 16-22 is National Child Passenger Safety Week – Des Moines, IOWA — Iowa continues to be a leader in child passenger safety with new reports showing the state’s child restraint usage
By Seema Mehta, Trubune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In private remarks to donors, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney questioned the viability of a two-state solution to the Israel Palestinian dispute, a
MASON CITY – Cero Gordo County Supervisors approved a “special consideration” plan from County Treasurer Patricia Wright to abate taxes on seven mobile homes that were formerly located in the Rayburn Mobile
MASON CITY – Nathan Burchett of Mason City competed in the 6th annual World Amateur Highland Heavy Games Championship September 8th and 9th at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and came back with
By D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — Is Peyton Manning washed up? Short answer: no. It sure looked like it early against the Atlanta Falcons, and the nation was
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — In the moments immediately after Sunday’s unraveling in Indianapolis, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier acknowledged the obvious, admitting his team had set its
By Jake Grovum, Stateline.org – “Right-to-die” advocates have mounted a high-profile initiative in what might seem to be unlikely territory: heavily Catholic Massachusetts. On Election Day, voters in the Bay State will consider
Chao Xiong, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – A Ramsey County judge sentenced a teenage defendant to eight years in prison Monday in the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Gail Chang Bohr told
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – The idea of selling beer or wine at Kinnick Stadium falls flat with Gov. Terry Branstad. “I think you have to be real careful
By Rob Hotakainen And Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — With election-year politics looming, the Obama administration accused China on Monday of hurting U.S. autoworkers by illegally subsidizing its own auto and
By Sam Donnellon, Philadelphia Daily News – This time, the players need to stay out, and out, and out. Kill this season, kill the next season if they have to, start their own
By Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Federal Reserve announced big new steps last week to further push down mortgage interest rates and spur housing. But the vast majority
By Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Ah, May. Remember May? Flowers were beginning to bloom, and TV series were wrapping up their seasons with cliffhangers designed to keep us on pins and
By Melissa Maynard, Stateline.org – Earlier this month, in nearly identical benedictions at the two national political conventions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York talked about the importance of religious liberty. He called
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Iowa students are being invited to share their ideas on ways to prevent bullying with the possibility of making a little money for their schools in the
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Al Franken have introduced legislation that would reverse a Supreme Court ruling (Hall v. United States) that is leaving family farmers in Chapter 12 bankruptcy proceedings
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Congress will meet for only a few final days this week to enable lawmakers to campaign full time in the battle for control of
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach convicted of child sex abuse, will be sentenced Oct. 9, the judge in the case has ordered.
DAVENPORT, IA – On September 14, 2012, Sedrick McKinley Hall, age 32 of Davenport, was sentenced to 54 months imprisonment for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance
William Lee, Chicago Tribune – A man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man during a home invasion in 1998 died of blood poisoning and the so-called flesh-eating bacteria, an
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — If record pre-orders are any indication, expect some huge lines when the iPhone 5 hits stores Friday. Apple Inc. obliterated its single-day sales
By John P. Martin, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Monday said it had suspended a former Northeast Philadelphia pastor to investigate new claims of misconduct involving minors,
DAVENPORT, IA – On September 14, 2012, Javon Terrell Daniels, age 19, of Chicago, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney
Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune – Two men have been charged with aiming guns at police in separate incidents over the weekend which resulted in police fatally shooting an alleged accomplice of one of
By Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — After reaching agreement with Ford on Monday afternoon, the Canadian Auto Workers union remained far apart with General Motors and Chrysler before a midnight
By Michael Russo, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — It didn’t take long for Zach Parise to realize he was a locked-out player Monday. The out-of-work Wild forward had to rush home because
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — China filed a World Trade Organization complaint Monday challenging U.S. anti-dumping measures on billions of dollars in goods as trade tensions escalated between
By Brian Bennett, Tribune Washington Bureau – BARRE, Mass. — Working from a beige house at the end of a dirt road, Jeff Bardin switches on a laptop, boots up a program that
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — On the afternoon of March 15 last year, President Barack Obama and top advisers sat in the White House Situation Room poring over grainy
By Juan Ortega and Arlene Satchell, Sun Sentinel – FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Miles offshore from South Florida, a U.S. Coast Guard search was under way Monday for a cruise ship passenger who