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COUNCIL BLUFFS – On January 28, 2014, Nathan Wayne Smith, a 48-year-old resident of Lexington, Missouri, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James Gritzner to 77 months in prison,
NEWARK – Hudson County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for sexually abusing a sleeping woman aboard a flight from Phoenix to Newark Liberty International Airport in August
MASON CITY – A domestic situation on 1st Street SE ended peacefully late Friday. There was heavy police activity at 946 1st Street SE after a man and a woman were involved
MASON CITY – The Mason City fire department responded to a potential emergency Saturday morning at a local credit union. At 8:44 AM, emergency responders went to the North Iowa Credit Union,
DES MOINES – Iowa Senate President Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, says that Family Treatment Drug Courts are good for Iowa families. “A new approach to keeping families together is seeing success in Iowa,”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a Newsmaker press conference at the National Press Club today, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled bold new
By Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service – ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Feb. 1, 2014 – On the sidelines of the 50th Munich Security Conference in Germany today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
NEW YORK – The head of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a breakthrough commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the continent by 2025, and has
NEW YORK – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change to galvanize urban action to reduce
MASON CITY – The Iowa Central wrestling team stopped No. 7 NIACC 24-18 in dual meet Friday night in the NIACC gym. NIACC picked up wins from Blake Spotts (141), Nosomy Pozo
Salton City, Calif. – Today, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents last week arrested a suspected narcotics smuggler and seized more than 26 pounds of methamphetamine and 17 pounds of cocaine, concealed
LAS VEGAS—A northern California man pleaded guilty today to transporting a minor female from San Jose, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, to work as a prostitute during May 2013, announced Daniel G.
Calexico, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry Tuesday discovered approximately $265,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine concealed inside the cargo area of an
NEW YORK – Amid a global landscape filled with both volatility and opportunity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged leaders attending an annual security conference in Germany to work together – and with