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AMES, Iowa – Chelsea Poppens recorded her fifth double-double of the season (14 points/16 rebounds) to help Iowa State cruise to a 71-57 win over New Hampshire Thursday night in…
By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer Around 5:30 pm Thursday night, a fire was reported to the Mason City Fire Department at 250th Street and Warbler Avenue (east of Mason…
By David Sarno, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Verizon Wireless is about to make paying your monthly cellphone bill a little more expensive. Starting Jan. 15, the nation’s leading mobile…
Growth Slows as E10 Market Becomes Saturated JOHNSTON, IA – The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) announced that Iowa’s ethanol production ticked up in 2011, but the rate of annual…
CLEVELAND – Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced it has completed its acquisition of E.A. Pedersen Company, a manufacturer of medium voltage switchgear primarily for the electrical utilities…
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 29, 2011– (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that 2011 was the best holiday ever for the Kindle family as customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of…
NEW YORK — At a time when holiday season sales overall have turned out better than expected, Sears Holdings Corp. was an exception: It said Tuesday that it will close…
Former 1-term Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney arrived in Mason City on Thursday, December 29th for a town hall meeting at the Music Man Square. Click here to view photos. Romney…
By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington Bureau HONOLULU — As Republicans who want to be president slog through chilly Iowa in the run-up to next week’s caucuses, the man who is president…
By Zoe Fraley, McClatchy Newspapers BELLINGHAM, Wash. _ Police dressed in riot gear cleared the Occupy Bellingham camp at Maritime Heritage Park, arresting four protesters who refused to leave Wednesday.…
By David Ovalle, McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — A high-ranking Miami-Dade County police officer is suspected of misappropriating nearly $23,000 by using it to bankroll his unofficial department flag football team, court…
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Sean Bonniwell, lead singer and songwriter of the Music Machine, a 1960s Los Angeles band regarded as one of the most…
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO — A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the federal government should pay $17.8 million to the grief-stricken survivors of four family members killed…
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The gray wolf hit a major milestone on Dec. 21, when the Obama administration said the wolf’s population in the Great Lakes region…
By David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Federal judges have blocked strict new immigration laws adopted by conservative legislatures in half a dozen states,…
By Richard Simon.Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Ever wonder what happens to the loose change that harried travelers leave behind at airport checkpoints? One lawmaker has his sights on the…
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — An unusual nativity display at a Claremont church that conveyed a gay couple was vandalized over the weekend in an incident authorities…
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD — He rarely leaves his house. He’s been shot at by gunmen in a passing car. He gets death threats over the phone. “Traitor,”…
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death squad shows up in uniform: black masks and tunics with the name of the group, Khorasan Mujahedin, scrawled across the…
By Helmut Reuter and Nestor Rojas CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated late Wednesday that the United States may be responsible for a spate of cancers among Latin…
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times CAIRO — Egyptian security forces on Thursday raided the offices of 17 nongovernmental organizations, including three U.S.-based agencies, as part of crackdown…
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — Dozens of people were killed in Turkish airstrikes along the country’s border with Iraq, and an official with Turkey’s ruling party acknowledged Thursday…
Brandi Hagen, Albert Lea Tribune – NORTHWOOD — For the last five years, Peter Ausenhus has been brewing beer with a three-vessel system in the back room of what used to…
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Stop Sanu. Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu is tall at 6-2 and physical at 215 pounds and prolific with a Big East record 109…
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa NEW YORK — Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott will graduate with a business management degree and minor in finance. He had a keen interest…
Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa The trial for one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a resident at a care facility last summer has been reset to March…
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye – The Hawkeyes wrestled with Purdue for the entire game in Wednesday’s Big Ten opener. But the Boilermakers had every answer in a 79-76 win at…
Couple of quick interviews while waiting for Mitt Romney to arrive at Music Man Square in Mason City on December 29th, 2011.…
Occupy Mason City’s Robin McClelland (pictured) urged supporters of the movement to get out and vote. She said she didn’t think there would be any disruptions at any of the…
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa NEW YORK — A.J. Klein never was an obstinate pupil in his early days at Iowa State, but he wasn’t always the best football…
Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – UPDATE: A former Iowa Workforce Development employee, previously convicted of similar charges in 2000, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to embezzling more…
By Luke Hagen, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Dec. 29–Riley Reiff is well aware his name is being brought up in NFL mock drafts. The Parkston native and junior offensive…
By Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The year has brought music-lovers some fascinating shifts in what they listen to — and how — and also set off some flares about…
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Wendy’s is making a high-end re-entry into Japan with a $16 burger festooned with foie gras and truffles. The third-largest fast-food chain…
Health care provider referrals to Quitline Iowa-a free service for helping Iowans beat their addiction to nicotine-are higher than they have ever been. In recent months, there has been a…
By Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences, Rose Bowl partners since 1947, have major plans to strengthen their business relationship. The leagues Wednesday…
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The good news is that the U.S. economy in 2012 isn’t likely to be much worse than this year’s has been. The…
Of late so many people bring up mayor Bookmeyer when they engage me in conversation. I am not surprised. After all, I have written extensively about him during most of…
Three men have been arrested for their participation in a scheme to manufacture, distribute and sell to the public stem cells and stem cell procedures that were not approved by…
On December 26, 2011, at approximately 2:25 p.m.., a bank robbery occurred at TCF Bank, located at 1444 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The robber approached a bank teller and…
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