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From Sen. Charles Grassley – Q: Will wrestling retain its status as one of the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics? A: Thanks in part to wrestling fans across Iowa, the
By NICOLE DEBEVEC Oh! The places Republicans and Tea Party movement members hope to go in 2014 and beyond, and some think they have three high-profile controversies afflicting the Obama White House
MASON CITY – Mason City police arrested four men late last week after an investigation into substance abuse near a park. According to police, on June 7th, 2013, at approx 4:20 pm,
It’s Monday again; time to decipher John’s column. Today the focus is on the HR commissioners and what seems to be their inability to cooperate with each other. The new appointee Mark
MASON CITY – A rural Mason City man was arrested for driving while revoked this weekend. Early Sunday morning, at about 1:07 AM, Monte Dean Neubauer was picked up near his home
LOS ANGELES, June 10 (UPI) — Michael Douglas’ representative said Monday the U.S. actor did not say oral sex caused his cancer. “It was discussed that oral sex is a suspected cause
By JIM ALGAR NASA says its Mars Curiosity rover will finish up its scientific investigations in its initial landing area — working in an area smaller than a football field — and
PHILADELPHIA, June 9 (UPI) — A backhoe operator accused of having marijuana and pain killers in his system during Wednesday’s building collapse in Philadelphia surrendered to police. Sean Benschop, 42, was charged
PANMUNJOM, South Korea, June 9 (UPI) — Preliminary talks between South Korea and North Korea went smoothly Sunday and Cabinet-level talks are expected to proceed this week, government officials said. Meetings at
MASON CITY – A man resting at a bus stop in Mason City brought a pretty big response from authorities Sunday evening. Around 8:15 pm, Sunday, a report of a man passed
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, today, with representatives of the Des Moines Symphony, the Food Bank of Iowa, Dahl’s Foods, and Bank of the West announced
LAS VEGAS, June 9 (UPI) — Erin Brockovich-Ellis, who Julia Roberts won an Oscar for playing in a 2000 film, was arrested for allegedly boating while intoxicated on Nevada’s Lake Mead. The
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA – All community members are invited to the annual MOM Brands and United Way of North Central Iowa cereal sale in St. Ansgar this Saturday – June 15. MOM
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 10 (UPI) — Israel will be confronted with massive attempts to hack its computer and infrastructure network in any future war, an expert warned Sunday. “The rival side
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) — A U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee member said Sunday the public needs to be better informed on the scope of government phone and Internet records access. Sen. Mark
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) — The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said bad information was muddling the budding debate over massive data surveillance. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Mike
By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a huge victory for law enforcement, ruled 5-4 last week that taking a DNA sample from prisoners accused of
TORONTO, June 9 (UPI) — Concert promoter Live Nation Canada Inc., a staging company and an engineer have been charged in a fatal stage collapse in Toronto last summer. The collapse happened
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday he’ll pursue a court challenge to government monitoring of citizens’ electronic communications. A report from Britain’s The Guardian last week
CINCINNATI, June 9 (UPI) — A former teacher and Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader, jailed for having sex with a student, is engaged to the student now that he has turned 18, her lawyer
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 9 (UPI) — Afghan police and NATO-led coalition forces killed 27 Taliban militants and detained 27 others throughout Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Several military operations carried out since Saturday
By Kelly Ayotte Jun 9, 2013 Everybody agrees that America’s immigration system is broken, threatening our security and holding back our economy. The combination of porous borders and lax enforcement has made
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) — An immigration reform bill may have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican filibuster after U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said Sunday she supports it. In
NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) — One-third of U.S. pregnancies occur within 18 months of a previous birth, say researchers at the Guttmacher Institute in New York. The institute’s Laura Lindberg and
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 9 (UPI) — Militants, including suicide bombers, struck near Kabul International Airport early Monday, triggering a gun battle with Afghan security forces, officials said. There were at least three
LAS VEGAS, June 9 (UPI) — Las Vegas police said they closed the books on former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco’s alleged role in a sexual assault. Metro Police spokesman Officer
LOS ANGELES, June 9 (UPI) — The sci-fi thriller “The Purge,” made for about $3 million, grossed an estimated $36.3 million in its opening weekend to finish No. 1 at the U.S.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 10 (UPI) — A U.S. college student who drank a bottle of soy sauce on a dare, survived without brain damage because of a new treatment, his doctors say.
LONDON, June 10 (UPI) — A blood test can accurately detect Down’s syndrome and other genetic fetal abnormalities in the first trimester, British researchers say. Dr. Kypros Nicolaides of the Harris Birthright