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FORT DODGE – Police in Webster county are seeking an escaped convict at this time. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Jesse Dylan Carlson, age 23, was placed on escape status
MORGANTOWN, WV – It was a bad night right from the tip-off for Fred Hoiberg’s Iowa State Cyclones monday night in West Virginia, losing to the Mountaineers by a lopsided score of
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who now claims to live in Fort Dodge plead guilty Monday in federal court to importing and conspiring to sell ecstasy, sometimes called “molly”. Adam Lawin, age
SOCHI, RUSSIA – Russia won the first gold medal in team figure skating ahead of teams from Canada (silver) and the United States (bronze). On the final day of the team competition,
MASON CITY – A Plymouth man caught last fall for drunk driving for the third time in his driving career is now serving time in the Cerro Gordo County Jail after accepting
CLEAR LAKE – A Ventura man who has been charged at least three times previously for domestic abuse was arrested once again for the same offense Sunday night. Clear Lake police arrested
MASON CITY – The Mason City council will hold a work session on Tuesday evening at city hall in the second floor conference room at 5 PM. The public may attend. The
NIT – A college player with high NFL draft prospects announced this weekend that he is gay. Missouri defensive end Michael Sam told The New York Times and ESPN he is gay,
MASON CITY – All residents of Cerro Gordo County, high school age and over, and any student registered at NIACC (North Iowa Area Community College) for the spring or summer semesters of
CITY OF MASON CITY Publication Report 2/6/2014 Payee Description Amount —————————————— ——————– ABC LOCK SERVICEREPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 66.46 ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 239.54 AHLERS COONEY DORWEILER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 3,618.70 ALLIANT
MADISON, WI – John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Kristen R. Smith, 31, Denver, has been charged with kidnapping, in a complaint filed
MASON CITY – A dangerous situation where a man got his snowmobile stuck on a railroad track in Mason City only got worse when he tried to use his pickup truck to
MASON CITY – Parents, NIACC would like to have you on campus to show you the opportunities that are available to your children. Parents are invited to a special evening at North
MASON CITY – Lime Creek will be offering another program just for kids on February 24th. The program, called Get Active In Nature! (G.A.I.N.) will be held on Monday, February 24 at
WASHINGTON – At the tenth annual State of the Net Conference held in Washington, D.C. on January 28th, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman described important trends affecting the use of the internet, including
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior forward Melvin Ejim’s 48-point, 18-rebound performance against TCU was one of the top performances in the history of the Big 12 Conference and on Monday he
GENEVA – United Nations-sponsored talks between the Syrian Government and opposition resumed today, 10 days after a first round ended with little progress, in efforts to end the civil war, as an
ATLANTIC, IA – An Iowa man wanted after a three county police pursuit in January in which he rammed several police squad cars has turned himself in to face charges. On January
BANGUI – A senior United Nations official today condemned the latest wave of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital Bangui, including the killing of a member of the National Transitional
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today encouraged Iowans to nominate farmers for the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award who have taken voluntary actions to improve
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two International Security Assistance Force contracted-civilians died as the result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today. Also, an International Security Assistance Force service member
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – A third shipment of chemical weapons material was removed from Syria today, the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United
SOCHI, RUSSIA – The Sochi 2014 Sports Program has set an Olympic record with over ten new sports being included in 2014. In total, 12 events have been added to the -program
GREAT FALLS, MT – A Canadian man was sentenced to four years imprisonment for traveling to Montana to have sex with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter, District of Montana.
ATLANTIC, IOWA – On January 30, 2014, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office charged Kyler Jay O’Brien, 20, with Burglary 3rd Degree (D Felony) in regards to a report from September 25, 2012 in Anita,