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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Northern Iowa football team received distinctions today from the NCAA after finishing the 2014-15 season ranked No. 1 in two different statistical categories. Junior placekicker Michael
MASON CITY – Police raced to a Mason City home after children locked themselves in a room and called 911 when they heard windows breaking at their home. Mason City police told
MASON CITY – Shelly Zimmerman, now owner and principal agent at Harrison-Thornburgh Insurance of Dumont in Butler County is the 2015 Iowa Small Business Development Centers’ Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneur Achievement Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today led a bipartisan group of 32 Senators in pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection
MASON CITY – A woman who was accused of assault in Lake Mills and later brought to the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room where she allegedly lashed out at staff and caused hundreds
CHICAGO − He’s been played by Rob Lowe in a made-for-TV movie about his alleged murders of at least one wife, and now he’s accused of trying to have the prosecutor killed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States today announced nearly $273 million in new humanitarian assistance for those uprooted and imperiled by the conflict in South Sudan. The additional funding was announced in
SIOUX CITY – Taxpayers will support an illegal alien as he sits in a prison cell after getting caught buying booze for an underage person and earlier committing aggravated assault. Cesar Toledo-Aguilar,
By Jim Garamone, DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2015 – The United States will continue to stand with nations around the world in sanctions against Russia for its actions
MASON CITY – A Mason City man is serving a jail sentence after a guilty plea in a domestic assault case. Jarrod John Lindsay, age 29, was originally charged with felony domestic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department announced today that under its settlements with five of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, 952 service members and their co-borrowers are eligible to receive over $123
BURLINGTON – A body found earlier this year behind a grocery store appears to be that of a man missing for over two years, Iowa investigators said today. On September 16, 2012,
WEST UNION, IOWA – Kids can get in trouble with the law for sending obscene materials, even amongst themselves, as some students in Iowa are finding out. After a three week investigation,
SOUTHWEST ASIA – On Feb. 8, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct three airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military
MASON CITY – A reception for the 1995 NIACC men’s basketball team that claimed the NJCAA Division II title is set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Muse Norris Conference center. Tickets
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve delivered precise and effective airstrikes on enemy positions near Mosul, in support of the Iraqi Government’s fight against ISIL. Security Forces from the
From the NIACC Athletic Department – Women’s basketball What’s next: The No. 8 NIACC women’s basketball team (18-4, 7-1) hosts DMACC (16-9, 4-4) Wednesday in an ICCAC contest. Game time is set
MASON CITY – Scammers are calling and trying to dupe unsuspecting people into buying pre-paid cards to pay off delinquent utility bills. The Mason City police department said Monday that a local
MASON CITY – Court documents showed today that the Mason City Radio Shack store will close soon. 1,784 RadioShack stores will close by March 31, and a store in Mason City is
SIOUX CITY – Three men and one woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine were sentenced to federal prison. Three members of the conspiracy from Fort Dodge, Iowa – Robert Ackerman, 36; Shawn
Opinion By Elizabeth Schroeder – Unfortunately, the State Review Committee recommended that North Butler Schools’ request for allowable growth be denied. The main reason for the denial is erroneous figures entered into