Forgery arrests made by MCPD
MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department investigated several incidents of forgery on June 25th that culminated with two arrests. Police said this week that several businesses reported receiving fraudulent checks
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MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department investigated several incidents of forgery on June 25th that culminated with two arrests. Police said this week that several businesses reported receiving fraudulent checks
Jacumba, Calif. –With temperatures reaching triple digits, El Centro, Calif. Border Patrol agents today rescued an undocumented Mexican national who lost his way in the mountains while making an attempt to illegally
DAVENPORT – Two people were towed from the Mississippi River Tuesday afternoon after the 18-foot long runabout they were operating lost power from an overheated engine. The disabled boat was drifting down
BRADGATE – During routine inspections, Magellan pipeline workers discovered two small leaks Monday in an anhydrous ammonia pipeline in rural Humboldt County. The pinhole-sized leaks were more than one mile apart. They
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus disease in Iowa of 2013. The case is a male middle-aged
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Wednesday that six Iowa water systems have been awarded fluoride certificates by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors on
AMES, Iowa — An appropriations bill signed June 20th by Gov. Terry Branstad will help expand the Iowa State University Research Park and improve service to new and growing companies. The bill includes $12
A jury in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday convicted Keith Nicholas Aiken, 31, of making false statements to law enforcement while serving as a civilian military employee stationed in Afghanistan, announced Acting Assistant
WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense announced today recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for fiscal 2013, through May. Active Component Recruiting. All four active services met or
Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) — Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of
NEW YORK – The top United Nations official in Iraq today condemned in the strongest terms a wave of deadly attacks across the country and reiterated his calls on Government officials to
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior forward Melvin Ejim will be a member of Canada’s 14-player World University Games team. The World University Games will be held in Kazan, Russia from July
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa wrestler Sammy Brooks will represent the United States at the 2013 FILA Junior Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, on July 14. The event features
Des Moines, IOWA — The Iowa State Patrol is stepping up patrol efforts for this holiday weekend. The Fourth of July holiday is one of the busiest summer travel times of the
DES MOINES – The Wapello Family Drug Court and Judge William S. Owens receive awards from the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Des Moines, July 3, 2013 – The
MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man is back behind bars Wednesday after allegedly violating a no-contact order for a third time. Chad Ryan Tannahill, 44, had a no-contact order placed on
NEW YORK – The world experienced “unprecedented high-impact climate extremes” between 2001 and 2010 and more national temperature records were broken during that period than in any other decade, according to a
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Miami Herald has reported that a federal court has given then Pentagon until noon today to issue a response to the force-feeding of Guantanamo prisoners who are on
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Tuesday issued the following statement after learning that 47 Iowa counties impacted by the severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that occurred between May 19th
MASON CITY – A North Iowa woman has been arrested after an accident earlier this year that injured her child. Robin Danielle Jenks, 39, is now in the Cerro Gordo County Jail
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Blackfoot, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for abusive sexual contact with a child. Ta-Sunka-hinz Thunder
NEW YORK – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Steven Knowles, 25, was convicted today in White Plains of various racketeering charges, murder,
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier Tuesday in federal court, a 19-year-old Redby man pleaded guilty to assaulting another person with a machete while in Redby, a community on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Dale Clinton White,
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Cabool, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to enticing a 14-year-old girl to
El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at El Paso area ports of entry apprehended seven wanted people this weekend including a California man
CEDAR RAPIDS – An illegal alien from El Salvador who used false identity documents to gain employment and falsely claimed to be an United States citizen was sentenced today to more than
AMES, Iowa – Leading a team of players she didn’t know, in a country many of them had never been to, former Cyclone all-American Alison Landwehr faced tough challenges while gaining valuable
Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) — Japan took an active part in the U.S. military actions during the Korean War (June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953) provoked by the United States. Soon after the
AMES, Iowa – With many people taking to Iowa’s roadways for a July 4 holiday weekend, the Iowa Department of Transportation and the state’s counties and cities want to remind travelers to
DES MOINES –– Gov. Terry E. Branstad on Tuesday received word that President Obama approved his request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 47 Iowa counties impacted by severe storms, tornadoes and