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A Litchfield, Minnesota man died in a one vehicle accident Friday. occurred around 2:30 pm. Dean Earl Elam, age 73, was heading northbound on Interstate 35 at about 2:30 p.m. near
By Alex Pham, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Everywhere you look, people are going about their lives to the tunes of their own personal soundtrack. They sweat through “YMCA” at the
By Nick Schulz – WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy has been doing poorly for so long now that it’s easy to get dispirited. But there are several reasons to think 2012 might
Gary E. Lawrence, M.D., a 67-year-old physician who practiced family medicine in Ackley, Iowa, had formal disciplinary charges filed against him on January 13, 2012. The Board charged Dr. Lawrence with engaging
AMES, Iowa – The 2011 season was another banner year for Iowa State volleyball as head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch led the Cyclones to their six-straight NCAA tournament culminating in the team’s second
By Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — The media giant News Corp.’s British subsidiary agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to actor Jude Law and 17 other
By Weedah Hamzah – BEIRUT — Syria’s oil minister said Thursday that his government had lost $2 billion in revenues as a result of European and U.S. bans on importing its oil,
By Alexandra Zavis and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times – DAMASCUS, Syria — As the clock ran out on the Arab League’s mission in Syria, the observers were largely confined to their hotels
By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times – A wind-whipped brush fire in a rural valley between Carson City and Reno forced more than 10,000 residents to flee and destroyed more than 20 homes,
By Alan Zarembo and Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Etta James, the legendary rhythm and blues singer, has died, her son said Friday. She was 73 and had been
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Justin Birdhorse, age 34, of Wakpala, South Dakota, appeared before United States District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on January 10, 2012, and pled guilty
Thomas Gleason, 24, was sentenced today in federal court for his role in the arson of the predominately African-American Macedonia Church of God in Christ just hours after the election of President
A federal grand jury in Muskogee, Okla., has indicted Jerrod Porter Lane, 26, former detention officer at the Muskogee County Jail (MCJ) in Oklahoma, on six charges related to two separate assaults
WASHINGTON – A resident of Washington County, Pa., was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession, production and receipt of materials depicting the sexual exploitation of
Although the temperature was freezing yesterday and most people stick to activities that are done inside, there were those that enjoyed being out in the cold. Ice skating and skiing on Big
The campus at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) will close at 1:00 today (Friday Jan. 20, 2012) due to the weather. All evening classes and activities are cancelled.
There is a story in the local paper today focusing on NIACC’s needs, part of which is student housing. I can relate to that…not that I attended school there because I did
The Mohawk varsity boys beat Waukee Thursday 3043 to 2638 at Mystic Lanes in Mason City. The team was led by Cody Brandau, who rolled a 235 and a 238. The varsity
by Kacie Krominga – MASON CITY – Thursday, Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds held a meeting at Kaplan University to discuss future plans for Iowa. The two critical priorities
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Animal abusers, take heed. Efforts to establish online registries for animal abusers, like the ones for sex offenders, are gaining support, with legislation pending
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Teen pregnancy rates in the United States have fallen in recent years, but the country still has a higher rate than any other
By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) MINNEAPOLIS _ There was a time when the Timberwolves promised to become the next big thing in the NBA, when Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury caused
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — During his formal introduction as the new Vikings defensive coordinator, Alan Williams borrowed a passage from the book of Tony Dungy, which,
By Michael Russo, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – TORONTO — Mike Yeo was asked Thursday morning if he was stressed to wake up and see the Wild outside the top eight in the West
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — The lamb chops were cooked to perfection. Fine wines flowed. Then came the piece de resistance — a 1997 Chateau Petrus Pomerol that can
By Diane Stafford, McClatchy Newspapers – It only takes one click on a job board or social networking site for an employer to show you the door far sooner than you intended. Ross
By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, Sharon Smiley was taught by her father that success is born out of hard work, and he demonstrated that
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Negotiations continued Thursday into a possible plea bargain in the court-martial of Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the last of eight defendants in
By Maeve Reston and Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — With a narrowing window to stop front-runner Mitt Romney before South Carolinians cast their ballots Saturday, Newt Gingrich stole
A bill was introduced in the Iowa House Thursday requesting the U.S Congress look at campaign finance reform. The bill asks Congress to submit to the states an amendment to the constitution that