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MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Vikings have signed former Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings. The Vikings are looking to re-vamp their offense after losing wideout Percy Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks. See Jennings’
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Marshals Service investigators along with detectives with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department worked with law enforcement in Mexico to recover two girls, ages 1 and 2, Thursday in
Des Moines, IOWA — A Trooper with the Iowa State Patrol has been selected as one of 10 law enforcement officers from across the nation to receive an award from the National
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who received child pornography was sentenced March 14, 2013, to 14 years in federal prison. Kevin Perrin, age 49, formerly of Osage, Iowa, received the sentence after
NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) — Radio star Howard Stern says he has no plans to take over “Late Night” in New York from host Jimmy Fallon if Fallon leaves to head
NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) — U.S. markets slipped Friday morning after the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the consumer price index rose 0.7 percent in February. The CPI increase was slightly
MASON CITY – Riley Quintas of Eagle Grove has signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball next fall at NIACC. Quintas, an outside hitter, had 202 kills and 59 ace
RURAL MASON CITY – A routine traffic stop has lead to the arrest of two Mason City residents and the discovery of a “large quantity” of methamphetamine. According to a Cerro Gordo
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The City of Mason City is currently seeking bidders for a the 2013 Street Panel and Curb Replacement Program and likely many other spring projects.
NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) — Scott Prouty, the man who shot the “47 percent” video of Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign, told MSNBC he agonized about releasing the video.
NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 14 (UPI) — The bodies of a woman and two children were found in Binford Park in New Albany, Ind., police said. Police found the bodies in a
DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 14 (UPI) — An Iowa woman says a Facebook post led her to discover another woman — they met at a party four years ago — was a niece
WASHINGTON – A group of U.S. Senators have proposed an amendment to the Continuing Resolution currently being debated in the Senate that would require the Department of Homeland Security to provide Congress
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) — Sun Belt cities that were hit hard by the bust in the U.S. housing market are beginning to show signs of a revival, a Brookings Institute demographer
SIOUX CITY – A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico was sentenced on March 8, 2013, to three months in federal prison. Juan Rodriguez-Aragon, age 34, from Mexico, received
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — Senators developing a bipartisan immigration reform bill say they’ve agreed on how to give legal status to the 11 million illegal immigrants already in America. An aide
BOSTON, March 14 (UPI) — A former federal prosecutor cannot preside over the trial of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday. The court granted a motion by
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14 (UPI) — An estimated 600,000 U.S. tax filers may have to wait six weeks to get tax refunds because of a company filing error, the Internal Revenue
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Nicholas Heth of Cedar Falls, Taylor Pluim of Sioux City, Jacob Romitti of Madrid, and Cody Winkler of Keokuk have received appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
UPTON, N.Y., March 14 (UPI) — The new particle detected by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland last summer is looking more and more like the long-sought Higgs boson, scientists report. Results
PORT HURON, Mich., March 15 (UPI) — A Michigan teenager has not been seen or heard from since she went to a motel Feb. 26 with a man she met on Facebook,
WASHINGTON, D.C. (UPI) — A national poll by Quinnipiac University indicated Hillary Clinton would beat three potential Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. The poll, released Thursday, pitted former Senator and
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) — President Obama concluded his three-day tour of Capitol Hill Thursday without significant progress on the budget stalemate with Republicans, lawmakers said. Obama met with Senate Republicans and
CHICAGO, March 15 (UPI) — Trey Burke helped No. 8 Michigan pull away in the second half Thursday to down Penn State 83-66 and reach the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
CHICAGO – Iowa jumped out top an 11-0 lead Thursday night against Northwestern in a Big Ten Tournament opening round game and cruised to a 73-59 win. Iowa improves to 6-0 all-time
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 14 (UPI) — Two goals from Mikko Koivu and three assists by Ryan Suter Thursday launched Minnesota to a 5-3 decision over Colorado. Minnesota won for the third