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MASON CITY – A Mason City man has been found guilty of violating his probation related to a number of cases where he received suspended prison sentences and will spend 6 months
NEW YORK – Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, the centerpiece of a defense which held opponents to a league-low 91.8 ppg, is the recipient of the 2013-14 Kia NBA Defensive Player of
DAVENPORT – A Quad Cities daycare provider who beat a child will spend five years in prison. Court records show that Christine Marie Pickering, age 34, of Davenport, pled guilty to one
MASON CITY – Clear Lake police arrested a Mason City man on drug charges on April 16. Craig Grayson, age 49, was charged with felony B drug possession, felony D failure to
IOWA CITY – On April 20, 2014, at approximately 3:02 a.m., Iowa City Police officers responded to the Pheasant Ridge Apartments located at 2626 Bartelt Rd. for multiple reports of gunshots and
MASON CITY – NIACC sophomore Lateeka Thompson has verbally committed to play basketball next season at Hastings College, an NAIA school in Hastings, Neb. Thompson, a 5 foot, 7 inch guard from
MASON CITY – Officials will unveil Wednesday evening the official RAGBRAI Mason City theme and logo along with the announcement of the national entertainment that will be performing the evening of Wednesday,
AMES – Police in Ames released photos of possible suspects who took part in riots on April 8 and 9. Police said they need some help identifying the people in pictures they
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested Monday morning after crashing her car in a ditch while allegedly driving drunk. Police reported that a Mason City woman, Jennifer Lynn Galkin,
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who was the former owner of the Sound Shop, a Cedar Rapids business, was sentenced today to more than 3 years in federal prison. Nels
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who was arrested charges that included felony kidnapping appears set to take a plea deal. According to police, on November 16th at about 12:43 PM,
MASON CITY – A Rudd woman who allegedly abandoned people that depended on her care at an assisted living complex in Mason City earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to six felonies,
PLAINFIELD – The city of Plainfield reminded residents Monday afternoon that the City of Plainfield is still under a bottled water order for drinking, cooking and washing dishes until further notice as
DES MOINES – Tobacco companies involved in the 1998 landmark settlement with states over tobacco-related health care costs transferred more than $71 million this week in their annual payment to Iowa. The
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Monday that immunization is one of the best ways parents can protect their infants from 14 serious childhood diseases before age 2. According
MASON CITY – Police caught a wanted man in a downtown Mason City bar early Sunday morning. Police reported that they observed Val Flores, age 21, in the Eleven Lounge not long
DES MOINES – Sen. Jack Hatch, a candidate for Governor, announced Monday the Auditor of State, Mary Mosiman, has agreed to go forward with an investigation of the secret settlement hush money
President Obama and Vice President Biden have made U.S. support for Ukraine an urgent priority as the Ukrainian government works to establish security and stability, pursue democratic elections and constitutional reform, revive
Aboard Air Force Two, En Route Kyiv, Ukraine 2:00 P.M. (Local) MR. SPECTOR: Just a reminder at the top this is on background as a senior administration official. He will give some
FOREST CITY – The Waldorf College Choir will be singing their way to the East Coast and back during their annual spring tour. The tour will be making stops in Illinois, Ohio,
MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s and women’s golf invitational scheduled for today at the Mason City Country Club has been canceled due to an unplayable course. The annual invitational will not be
WASHINGTON – US Senator Harry Reid of Nevada wants to engage Republicans in debate on raising the minimum wage one the Senate returns from a week’s recess. “When the Senate returns, I
SALT LAKE CITY – Macon Openshaw, 21, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah Wednesday to a federal civil rights crime relating to a bias-motivated weapons discharge
MASON CITY – A Mason City man has been charged with felony theft. Derek Dean Nibarger, age 25, was arrested Friday and charged with second degree theft, a class D felony. According
MASON CITY – The City of Mason City has scheduled opportunities for prospective buyers to view eight houses that will be offered for auction on May 12, 2014. 810 6th Street N.W.,
MASON CITY – Mason City’s employee health care trust has had declining revenues over the past fews years due to higher than anticipated health care costs, and reserves have shrunk so low
NIT – Urging Syrian authorities to reconsider plans to conduct a presidential election in early June, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-League of Arab States Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi
IOWA FALLS – The Hardin county board of supervisors this month passed an annual resolution that all property owners in that county must control all noxious weeds on their property. They must prevent
MINNEAPOLIS – A US Attorney announced this month that a Texas man convicted of mailing threatening communications was sentenced on March 25, 2014, by Chief Judge Ralph R. Erickson, U.S. District Court