Category: Watercooler

WASHINGTON – The FDA is recommending health care professionals discontinue prescribing and dispensing prescription combination drug products that contain more than 325 milligrams (mg) of acetaminophen per tablet, capsule or other dosage

FOREST CITY – Students attending Waldorf College’s residential programs had one less worry as they began their spring semester this week. The college has announced a tuition freeze for the 2014-2015 school

CEDAR RAPIDS – Three people who were part of a methamphetamine manufacturing ring operating in northwestern Iowa were sentenced to a combined 26 years in federal prison. Chad Root, 42, from Waukon,

MASON CITY – A local man who became irate with his girlfriend while enjoying a night of bowling was taken to jail by police last week. Police were dispatched to Mystic Lanes

MASON CITY – A woman who drove drunk last year and then crashed her car, injuring five people, has plead guilty to two felonies and third offense operating while intoxicated and has

MASON CITY – The North Iowa Area Community College Foundation announced the establishment of five new scholarship funds. Contributions made by several individuals and families have created more opportunity for students to

DES MOINES – Attorney General Tom Miller urged Iowans who have shopped at Target stores or through the company’s website to seek free credit monitoring, offered by Target for one year, following

DES MOINES – Progress Iowa today released ‘The Condition of Governor Branstad’s Promises’, an accounting of the promises made by Governor Branstad in advance of his 2014 ‘condition of the state’ address. The

By Todd Von Ehwegen, Conservation Education Manager, Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board Short days, cold, wind, snow – winter can be a trying time for many of us.  But instead of sitting

MASON CITY – One of two Riceville, Iowa men who allegedly stole from the Mason City Wal-Mart Supercenter turned himself in to police this week. Mason City police said that the two

CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who possessed a homemade bomb was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison. Bjorn Luster, age 34, from Cresco, Iowa, received the prison term

NIT – We’ve all been there.  At the mall, at the park, in a restaurant, and there is a woman breastfeeding her baby. Even though it is a natural part of raising

DES MOINES – The 2014 session of the 85th General Assembly of the Iowa legislature convened at 10:06 AM Monday. The Senate’s session began with a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, and

MASON CITY – A “very large underage party” was squashed Friday night by police in a quiet Mason City residential neighborhood. Cerro Gordo county deputies and Mason City police converged on a

MASON CITY – If you have flu-like symptoms, stay away from Mercy Hospital unless you need treatment, the health care provider announced Monday. According to Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa, it

NIT – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman took a team of  ex-NBA players to Pyongyang, North Korea, for a basketball game last week, and met with the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jung

MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health has two confirmed cases of flu in the county. Both cases involve young children that have been infected by the H1N1

MASON CITY – The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s 2014 winter film series, Films in February, Movies in March (Some in January, Too), kicks off on Saturday, January 18 at 2 p.m.

MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s business office will be closed Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. for employees to attend a funeral, Sheriff Pals said

NIT – A recent poll indicates that almost half of all Americans believe that the Affordable Care Act will make the health care situation worse in the long run. According to Gallup,

CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo man has been convicted of federal gun charges after police found him in possession of a sawed-off shotgun earlier in 2013. Patrelle Jose Green-Bowman, age 21, was originally

NIT – Could North Iowa someday be home to one of America’s favorite donut-makers? After a Friday report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, news was spreading quickly that Minnesota may get up to

NEW YORK – An arbitrator has upheld most of the ban on playing major league baseball games imposed on slugger and accused performance enhancing drugs user Alex Rodriguez. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced

CHARLES CITY – A former Mason City man was arrested in Charles City last week on assault and weapons charges. According to Charles City police, 20-year-old Charles Jerry Foster was arrested on

MASON CITY – Last month he passed out drunk in a North End Kum & Go bathroom, and wouldn’t come out. This month, he tried to steal from a South End Kum

MASON CITY – A former long-time custodian in the Mason City School District was arrested by police Friday for violating a no-contact order. Ted Pattschull, age 62, was arrested at his home

ADAIR COUNTY, IOWA – A one-vehicle accident claimed the lives of at least four people from Nebraska as well as another person yet to be identified. According to a report from the

DELAWARE COUNTY, IOWA – An Iowa man who crashed a large pickup with five passengers inside – taking the life of a young woman – after he allegedly consumed alcohol has been arrested

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced they will lead a group of senior state officials from Iowa and the Midwest to organize and host a

MASON CITY – A man out for an early morning stroll on the city’s North End ended up in jail Friday. According to police, Friday morning at 3:46 AM, an officer observed

OTTUMWA – The Wapello County Sheriff’s office, Davis County Sheriff’s office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation have resolved the 1984 Triple Homicide of Justin Hook, Jr., age 20, Sara Link,

MASON CITY – A local man is awaiting transport to prison after being found guilty Friday of driving his motorcycle drunk and crashing it, with a child passenger. James Curtis Francis, age

CHARLES CITY – Floyd County Sheriff Rick Lynch this week made the difficult decision to change the way his jail operates. His decision, he says, is due to liability and cost concerns.

WASHINGTON – Today, United States Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Obama Administration will recognize same sex marriages already performed in Utah The Utah governor’s office said Wednesday that the state

DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Secretary of State and former Council Bluffs City Councilman, Matt Schultz, formally announced his candidacy for Iowa’s Third Congressional District at a press event with more than