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NEWTON – Police in Jasper county were alerted after a man from California – posing as an actor in movies – attempted to abduct a teen. The family of a 14-year-old girl
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement today after Republicans obstructed Senate consideration of the Bank on
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR CERRO GORDO COUNTY LIONEL FOSTER Plaintiff, MASON CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, CITY OF MASON CITY, ERIC BOOKMEYER, BRENT TROUT, JEAN E MARINOS, JOHN LEE, ALEX KUHN,
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman who tried to outsmart theft-detection alarms at Wal-Mart is now in jail. Megan Young-Carr, age 27, had been wanted for weeks for failing to show
MASON CITY – A Mason City man and an unknown accomplice are accused of robbing a south side couple and assaulting them. According to police, late on the evening of May 31,
MASON CITY – Godbersen-Smith Construction of Ida Grove was working on a road and culvert project Monday on the Ventura grade when they struck a sewer force main, releasing a small, but
DES MOINES – Iowa’s unseasonably cold and snowy winter and wet spring is not likely to boost its pheasant population, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday. Pheasants typically show population
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior Aaron White has been selected to participate in the 2014 Kevin Durant Skills Academy, June 27-29, in Washington, D.C. Since 2007, Nike Basketball has hosted
BENTON COUNTY, IOWA – A Rockford man’s theft trial has been set for July 15th. Benton county sheriffs arrested Emanuel Curtis Receveur III – AKA “Skunk” – on April 22 on a
OSAGE – The Osage Iowa Police Department reported that they investigated an assault Tuesday and arrested a man. On June 10th at approximately 11:30a.m. Osage Police Department officers were dispatched to the
MASON CITY – A wanted Rockwell man is facing new drug charges after place finally caught him Tuesday in Mason City. Lewy Lee Curtiss, age 43, was arrested by Cerro Gordo deputies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department last week announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet—a global network of infected victim computers used by cyber criminals to steal millions of
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley joined 11 colleagues led by Senator Rob Portman to introduce a Senate resolution calling for an investigation into the release of five high-level Taliban leaders from Guantanamo
OMAHA – A Mexican national who was caught dealing meth in Eastern Nebraska will spend 5 years in a US prison before he is deported. United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced
MASON CITY – NIACC sophomore Stephanie Faught has signed a national letter of intent to run cross country at Columbia College, an NAIA school in Columbia S.C. Faught, who prepped at Clear
WADENA, IOWA – Police in tis small Iowa town investigated reports of shot being fired and discovered a heavily-armed man with drugs. On June 3, 2014 at 9:16 PM, the Fayette County
RICHMOND, VA – An economics professor backed by the Tea Party scored a shocking runaway victory Tuesday night over a high-ranked establishment politician in a Republican primary for the Virginia 7th District seat
UN – World manufacturing is in a phase of steady growth due to the improved financial condition of industrialized countries, especially in Europe, and China’s continued growth, the United Nations today reported.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act,
By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service – WASHINGTON, June 11, 2014 – The recovery of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban was fully consistent with U.S. law, U.S. interests and