Day: March 9, 2011

(Submitted to NorthIowaToday.com by Mary J. Witherall) I was recently presenting in a workshop for women about leading a life with focus and purpose and why that is so important. We were

(Submitted to NorthIowaToday.com by source preferring to remain anonymous) News around Gracious Estates is that the management, Melissa Noland and Dara Davis, were escorted out of the office on Tuesday, March 8.

NorthIowaToday.com would like to know the thoughts of parents in Mason City on Mason City Schools. Do your children enjoy school? What are the biggest problems at the schools? What is your

DES MOINES, Iowa ñ A Cerro Gordo County man won the top prize of $30,000 playing the lottery’s “Match & Win” instant-scratch game. Darris Larson from Plymouth claimed his prize Monday at

By Adam Sears, Natural Resource Biologist, R.O.W. Vegetation, Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board, 641-423-5309 The Cerro Gordo County Eastern bluebird population is in for quite a surprise when it returns home for

Trees at the Virginia Street roundabout in East Park were coated with snow Wednesday morning. About 4 inches of the beautiful but wet and heavy white stuff fell by mid-morning. Photo by

The Mason City Public Library’s web site, www.mcpl.org, now offers a service called Tumblebooks. According to Library Director Mary Markwalter, “This is a neat new service that offers e-books, electronic read-a-longs, games,

Tonight we debated HF535, the Governor’s voucher plan for preschool. The bill passed on party lines. I am especially disappointed that this House did not take into account the turmoil this is

Three months ago, many Iowans pledged that 2011 would be the year they ‘get healthy.’ For some, that meant strict diets with unrealistic requirements, or lofty fitness goals that included hours of

A man with a domestic abuse conviction who then possessed ammunition was sentenced today to almost four years in federal prison. Brandon Snater, age 30, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison

Manly, Iowa — Sexual abuse charges were filed against three individuals for an incident that occurred in early December. The individuals involved are: Tyler Randall Wirtjes, 27 yrs., of Manly, IowaJason Robert

A number of hunter education courses are scheduled across the state over the next few weeks for prospective turkey hunters to become certified in time for the spring season. Iowa hunters born

Ice conditions are deteriorating over much of Iowa, leaving only the far north counties where ice fishing is still happening. Even in these northern counties where the ice thickness had been over

Some Mason City City Council members have been unhappy lately with what has been written about them in the media and have openly expressed their displeasure. Most of the criticism is aimed

Q. Michigan State again so soon; Is that bad? COACH McCAFFERY: I don’t think it makes any difference for either team. Both teams fresh in each other’s minds. We just played them