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WASHINGTON – US officials reacted with shock and sadness at the news of a jumbo jet that has now been confirmed to have been shot out of the sky in the troubled
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State signee Georgios Tsalmpouris (George sal-BORE-us) has earned a spot on Greece’s U18 team which will be participating in the U18 European Championships in Konya, Turkey, July 24-August
OMAHA – A man who digitally altered a pornographic photo of a woman by adding the head of a young female child – who is the man’s half-sister – lost his appeal
CLEAR LAKE – A $50,000 payment was made by the Clear Lake School District to a former student, the Clear Lake Mirror has reported. NIT was alerted to the payment in recent
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted four people from Mississippi for racially motivated hate crimes where they allegedly targeted African-Americans they thought were drunk or homeless. John Louis Blalack, 20,
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior running back Aaron Wimberly has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2014 Doak Walker Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college running
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steve King released the following statement after introducing a resolution calling upon the border state Governors to deploy their National Guard units immediately to seal the border: “There
MASON CITY – Two people were kicked out of a Mason City rental house and made the task a little difficult for Mason City police. Mason City police assisted a landlord in
WEST DES MOINES – A tragic accident between a drunk driver and a man fleeing police on a motorcycle claimed one life Wednesday in West Des Moines. According to a report, 28-year-old
MASON CITY – A Mason City man convicted of violent domestic assault and indecent exposure pled guilty to violating the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. Lane Edward Factor, age 58, was arrested at
MASON CITY – A North Iowa woman jailed after a fire near downtown Mason City in April and accused of felony arson has pleaded guilty. Jacque Sue Paulsen, age 32 formerly of
MASON CITY – A Mason City man arrested numerous times for public intoxication was arrested late Wednesday on the same charge. Jeffery Donald Eliason, age 50, was picked up by Mason City
WASHINGTON – The disputed presidential election recently held in Afghanistan may finally be resolved soon. In strongly-contested June run-off election results, Ashraf Ghani surpassed Abdullah Abdullah, who has claimed the vote was
WATERLOO – A man accused of being an armed drug dealer who was wanted on warrants after an investigation by Waterloo police was finally caught, only to post bond and walk free. Waterloo
CEDAR RAPIDS – Abel Hernandez-Labra, age 43, from Hampton, Iowa, has been charged with passport fraud and false statements in a complaint filed on July 15, 2014, in United States District Court
IOWA CITY – One of the top players for the Iowa basketball team last year who was caught on a surveillance camera punching a man out and then blowing him a goodbye
LAKE ANITA, IOWA – An Iowa man faces his third drunk driving offense after driving his friend’s SUV into a park and crashing into trees. On July 13th, 2014, the Cass County
MASON CITY – A property owner and law enforcement responded to an alarm at a rural Cerro Gordo county property and learned that multiple subjects were attempting to break-in. Cerro Gordo deputies
CHARLES CITY – Police in Charles City arrested a man after he refused to pull over for a traffic stop. On July 10, 2014, at about 1:30 AM, police attempted to pull