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Month: October 2011

Plenty of scares this Halloween night

MASON CITY – Halloween is supposed to be fright night and there was plenty of that to go around in Mason City this season. Zombies, a headless horseman and a chainsaw-wielding madman

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NIACC students to sponsor food drive

MASON CITY – North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Student Senate and College Entrepreneurial Organization (CEO) clubs will sponsor a Thanksgiving Food Drive, November 7 to 11, with all items collected being

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Old Media strikes again

(Op-ed by Matt Marquardt) The Old Media has struck again and made their endorsements for our local elections. We are all very lucky that these Old Media people, that are so much

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Albers 85 and still rolling

By Joe Buttweiler – MASON CITY — Jacob Jackson nodded to Ed Albers as Jackson got ready to bowl a practice game at Rose Bowl. “Hey there, how’d you do the other

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Mason City man accused of forgery

MASON CITY – On Wednesday, October 26th, Mason City police arrested Monte Bitker, age 27, of 1708 Taft Ave South, Mason City after receiving a report of a suspicious subject cashing checks.

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Apartment house damaged by fire

MASON CITY – At approximately 4:00 p.m. Thursday, Mason City Firefighters were called to 504 1st Street NE. There was smoke visible, coming out the window and front door. The building, owned

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Cops nab three during traffic stop

MASON CITY – At 3:10 a.m. Monday, October 24th, a Mason City Police Officer stopped to speak with three suspicious subjects in the parking lot of America’s Best Inn at 24 5th

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Welfare recipients should be drug tested

(Submitted to NorthIowaToday.com by anonymous reader) Welfare recipients should be drug tested. This goes for people taking food stamps, welfare payments, unemployment, disability, any kind of handout from the government. If you

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