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JACKSON, WYOMING – An Osage man who was snowmobiling with friends in Wyoming was trapped in an avalanche Tuesday and did not survive. According to a bulletin supplied to NIT from the
MASON CITY – Property owners in Mason City will get no help from city hall on the worsening problem of frozen water lines. The city said Wednesday evening that water bills will
MENLO PARK, CALIF. – February 19, 2014 – Facebook today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company, for a total of
DES MOINES – Iowa Public Television was recognized at the capitol, as the network celebrated its 45th year in existence. Gov. Branstad posed with Clifford the Red Dog at IPTV’s day on
WACO, Texas – The Iowa State women’s basketball team (17-8, 6-8 Big 12) fell to No. 6 Baylor (23-3, 13-1 Big 12) Wednesday night by a score of 89-51 in the Ferrell
AMES, Iowa – Maurice Linguist, who was the co-defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Buffalo for two seasons, has been named secondary coach at Iowa State, head football coach
CLEAR LAKE – Local police investigated an incident where someone propositioned another to “go get drugs”. According to an NIT reader, Clear Lake police and a state patrol cruiser were in the
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who allegedly had held a woman prisoner at gun point while assaulting her and in possession of drugs and explosives will spend a total of
CHARLES CITY – The city of Charles City will be holding a retirement party for retiring City Administrator Tom Brownlow. The city said Wednesday that an open house retirement party for outgoing
MASON CITY – A man who allegedly ran a red light caused an accident that damaged two vehicles, landscaping at a fast food restaurant and sent a man to the hospital. According
NIT – Nestlé USA’s Prepared Foods Division recently announced the voluntary recall of HOT POCKETS brand Philly Steak and Cheese in three different pack sizes and HOT POCKETS brand Croissant Crust Philly
SOCHI, RUSSIA – American Ted Ligety is the giant slalom Olympic champion in Sochi. The athlete took the lead after the first attempt, while in the second he made several serious errors and
MASON CITY – A three-vehicle accident occurred Wednesday morning in Mason City near Jefferson Elementary School, possibly leaving up to three people injured. The incident occurred at about 8:34 AM. Mason City
WASHINGTON – Statistics released this week in the FBI’s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report reveal declines in both the violent crime and the property crime reported in the first six months of
MASON CITY – A male pedestrian has died after being struck by a van on South Monroe Avenue Tuesday evening. At 6:42 pm, Mason City Police and Ambulance were dispatched to the
MASON CITY – A known cat killer caught at least three times for drunk driving plead guilty to first offense operating while intoxicated – and has been bragging about it ever since.
HAMPTON – A Hampton man who plead guilty to a sex abuse charge has been sent to prison. Izreel Hernandez-Garcia, age 27, was charged by Hampton police in June of 2013 with
AMES – The Ames library was forced to close Wednesday after staff became sick from a virus. State and County health officials have indicated that norovirus is the likely cause of an
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications – DES MOINES, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team faced a 20-point second-half deficit and cut it to one in the closing seconds before
FOREST CITY – The Waldorf College Chess Club is now a sanctioned affiliate of the United States Chess Federation (USCF). Dr. Cynthia Ryder, Co-Faculty Advisor of the chess club at Waldorf College,
NEW YORK – The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees expressed his “outrage and shock” today, strongly condemning a bomb attack that killed 18 people, including five children, near
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents detained 19 undocumented immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Haiti during separate incidents on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday
BEIRUT – The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, condemned today’s double bombing in the area of Bir Hassan in the southern Beirut suburbs that killed and wounded a number
KIEV – Concerned by the escalating violence in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, top United Nations officials have urged all sides to exercise restraint and find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis.