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MASON CITY – NIACC has hired Todd Ciochetto as its sixth women’s basketball coach. Ciochetto replaces Kelli Terrell, who left NIACC after three seasons to become an assistant women’s coach at Grand
MESERVEY – An elected Meservey, Iowa council member has been removed from her post for being absent. According to meeting minutes, Bonnie Brunstein, an elected council member in Meservey, has been absent
OSAGE – An Osage man accused of vehicular homicide and other charges will stand trial on August 20th. A Charles City man was killed, and five other persons were injured On September
NORTHWOOD – A Lake Mills man accused of trying to shoot police who were trying to help him ash was charged with attempted murder has taken a plea deal. Matthew Davis, age
OSAGE – Governor Terry Branstad will be in Osage later this week to attend a ceremony at one of North Iowa’s newest manufacturing plants. Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will
MASON CITY – A Mason City man pled guilty to habitual pubic intoxication earlier this month before being arrested for same offense days later. Yann Len, age 58 pled guilty on June
By Molli Wienhold, Conservation Education Intern, Lime Creek Nature Center – We are excited to announce that we have our honeybees back! Here at Lime Creek we have had a bee colony
MASON CITY – A local food systems steering committee has been working on several projects to improve the food landscape of North Iowa. One initiative the group is focusing on this summer
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Community Foundation has awarded $109,872.67 to Cerro Gordo non-profit organizations. The awards were announced Monday during a ceremony at the North Iowa Regional Commerce Center.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today toured the facility in San Antonio currently housing increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors that have crossed the Southwest
UN – While there have been several steps recently to help de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, including a ceasefire that seems to be holding and the start of peace talks, the situation on
CEDAR RAPIDS – Blackhawk Lifecare Center, a skilled nursing facility in Lake View, Iowa, has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve civil allegations that the facility, which utilized a third party therapy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin late last week announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a total of $601,317 to the Mason City Municipal Airport for infrastructure improvements.
MASON CITY – A Mason City man has pleaded not guilty to felony willful injury after a fight that cost a man a chunk of his nose. Mason City police allege that
NIT – An NIT reader told of a puppy left in a potentially dangerous situation over the weekend. According to this Mason City resident, at about 6:30 PM Saturday, June 21, a concerned
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa co-sponsored legislation to prevent federal government contractors from charging the taxpayers for exorbitant employee salaries. A similar provision became law. The federal rule implementing the