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DES MOINES – A doctor who practices medicine for Mercy Medical Center North Iowa out of St. Ansgar has been charged with an ethics violation. Kelly D. Ross, M.D., a 58-year-old Iowa-licensed
DES MOINES – A doctor who practices medicine at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa was fined last month for an ethics violation. Jeana L. Petree, M.D., a 38-year-old Iowa-licensed physician who practices
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed the following bills into law: Senate File 366: an Act relating to radon control in schools. Senate File 2312: an Act relating to the
NIT – He is now accused four times of violating a no-contact order with a Mason City woman, this Clear Lake man, who is also accused of felony domestic assault strangulation against
NIT – Desperately searching for anyone who might contribute $25 or so dollars to his campaign for re-election to Congress, Steve King again took a swipe at his new enemy, Facebook founder
MASON CITY – A Mason City man convicted of violent domestic assault and indecent exposure was arrested Saturday. Lane Edward Factor, age 58, was arrested at about 2:44 PM by Mason City
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple last week hosted a meeting between officials from 13 energy producing states that have a major stake in new plans by the Environmental Protection
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy asking about the administration’s new methane reduction plan released by the President on March 28. The
WEST DES MOINES – West Des Moines Mayor Steve Gaer announced Friday that Microsoft will begin construction this spring of a data center in southern Polk County. The total investment made by
DES MOINES – An Iowa mom who took her intellectually disabled adult son to get a vasectomy should have gotten court approval, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday. The Iowa Supreme Court
MASON CITY – Willowbrook Mall perhaps discovered a way to draw lots of people to the mall: A family-friendly event with lots of pet-able, touchable farm animals. An Easter-themed petting zoo was
MASON CITY – A wanted Mason City man was caught by police Saturday and taken to jail. A called reported that Joseph Michael Evenson, age 25, was at the 700 block of
NIT – Iowa was one of eleven states that generated electricity from nonhydro renewables at double the U.S. average in 2013. According to the Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Monthly report, Iowa
WASHINGTON – The US State Department announced Friday that it is extending its review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project indefinitely. According to an announcement from the State Department: On April
MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s and women’s golf teams host the NIACC Invitational on Monday at the Mason City Country Club. The invitational starts at 10 a.m. Teams entered in the
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Friday released the following statement after President Obama signed his legislation into law to deny U.S. visas to U.N. ambassadors who are known
Courtesy UNI Athletics Communications WALNUT, Calif. – Junior middle distance runner Alex Wilson shattered the UNI 1,500 meter record today to open up a successful first day at the 2014 Mt. Sac