Day: August 12, 2011

By Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ó Jani Lane, former lead singer of the 1980s glam-band Warrant, was found dead Thursday evening in Los Angeles, police said. Lane, 47,

AMES, Iowa ó The news landed with a thud this week. Not a single candidate had hired Hickory Park, the Ames barbecue institution, to provide food for Saturday’s Republican presidential straw poll.|By

Beginning Monday, August 15, 2011 at 7:00 a.m., the Mason City Utility Division will begin Water System repairs at Highway 122 and South Pennsylvania Avenue. U.S. Highway 122 will be reduced to

One of the goals that I, and many legislators, campaigned on during the last election was to put Iowans back to work. While there is no quick fix, we went to work

Forty original photogravure prints by noted photographer and naturalist Edward S. Curtis from the collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art in Dubuque, Iowa will be on view at the Charles H.

The Lifelong Learning Institute at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) has released the list of classes for the fall 2011. There are 37 classes available with a variety of topics, including

Op-Ed By Matt Marquardt Passing through Mason City’s north end Thursday night around midnight, surveying the atmosphere, there was plenty of action there. People walking, riding bikes, standing in entrances to bars

MASON CITY – NorthIowaToday.com is told that mourners and friends of a man shot to death at Casey’s convenience store, 813 North Federal Avenue, will gather there Friday night at 9:30 near

A man barricaded himself in his house after a domestic situation with his wife, sometime after 4 p.m. Thursday night on Mason City’s north end. Police were called and weapons were drawn

There are reports of a stand-off on Mason City’s north end Thursday evening. Police and other authorities are at the scene now. The area is near 15th Street NW and North Madison.