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Anybody see or hear the Kropf brothers got 5 years in prison? Should have been longer if this is true.
What a bunch of losers time to grow see ya have a great time, sleep on on your back,idiots and they still won’t learn. see 5 years.
so there was another murder last night? what the hell is happening to this town?
To answer your question, crime is out of control and the police are losing the battle. MCPD has NO clue as to what to do about it! If anything, Lashbrook has to go! This is happening under his watch!
Does anyone know what is going in the old Bagel depot spot?
Yes…a retreat for our overworked mayor and corridor managers…
I heard a rumor a while back that medical marijuana may be coming up for a vote during the next Iowa legislative session. Anyone know if this is true?
In my opinion, if we can legalize gay marriage (I’m not against this) and allow citizens to carry weapons openly (would rather they were concealed) we should certainly be able to provide some relief for those people who could benefit from medical marijuana. It’s only right.
Just read about this Patterson guy that was involved in sexual assault with two others, and only got 6 months in county jail and she was found dead next day.What the hell is wrong with this judge that handed down that sentence.Worth Co. residents can’t think justice was done for this women.
My Son and Daughter-in-law took our 2-year-old Grandson to his first I-35 race Sunday night and after they paid to get in and when walking into the gate one of the workers made them dump out the juice in my Grandsons cup. I totally understand pop or beer but a sippy cup for a 2 year old? That is just sad.
yea it is pretty sad……….. i guess they know where not to take the kid anymore
I like the site North Iowa Mugshots but enough is enough with the attacks against someone’s financial situation. So what if someone is receiving food stamps or WIC. So what if a woman got a tattoo in memory of her brother and is receiving food assistance. As it was pointed out maybe she got the tattoo done for free from a friend who just happens to do tattoos. These programs are out there to help families in needs. I receive WIC for my young son and I receive food stamps for my family. I bring in money but its not enough to support everyone on now a days. I miss the times when i was working 40 plus hours a week and didnt need the help from the state but lets face it that time is gone, everyone needs help from time to time. Lay off the people who are trying their hardest to support their families but cant fully support them 100 percent with out some kind of help. Don’t say a person should keep her or his legs closed just because the fear of pregnancy, my son may not of been planned at this time in my life but i take care of him i support him the best i can. he is well taken care off has all of the food and clothes that he needs. he has a roof over his head. i dont receive cash assistance like some of these women i know there is one woman i know who has 4 kids no job and is having another one. shes been in and out of jail a lot the past few years cause she cant even pay 30 dollars in child support to her oldest son. she is living off the state 100 percent, she cant even watch her two year old daughter and three year old son cause all she wants to do is sleep.
I don’t think NIM is to blame for peoples opinion. If you blame them then you need to blame Facebook, or Obama for allowing freedom of speech.
On a side note interesting she can not afford to buy her own food, but can come up with bail money when she wants to assault another citizen.
Since it is obvious you are talking about Harley Huerta what is this her 4th mugshot on that site. Has their been one family member of hers not on there?
Im not blaming North Iowa Mugshots. I am talking about the idiots talking about someone’s finances or someone getting a memory tattoo. About the bail money maybe she got released ROR or she got a friend to post bail. Just saying.
People need to live within their means.You know what we did as a family.Only had one kid and had everything we needed to live on did never look for hand out and that is what they really need to be called.Bought own home, no help from no one.Did all this on 22,000 a year job.It’s called living on a budget.It’s called the American dream not American Handouts.That is what give you the insentive to want better yourself.
I agree. I live with in a budget a very tight budget, but even with that tight budget, we still need a little bit of help. I don’t like the fact that women are having 5 babies and don’t want to work. Three wonderful children are enough for me. I wanted children but I wanted to wait until I knew I could support them. But if I had waited I might not of had any children. I had my son at 20 he wasn’t planned at that time in my life, but i would not give him up for anything today. In fact none of my children were planned at my young age. I wanted to wait until I was married and had a college education. But I’m Happy with my life that i am living now.
Since this is in part about my comments I will once again restate everything I previously posted. Which BTW has been twisted & lumped together with other ppl’s comments.
I don’t have a problem with ppl having tattoos.
I don’t have a problem with ppl needing & receiving assistance when needed.
I do have a problem with someone on assistance sporting a new large, ie pricey, tattoo while buying junk food with an EBT card. I asked several times how she paid for the tat, not one of the ppl who know her answered. In fact what they did say actually implied she paid for it herself.
Bringing me to the point of someone who can afford to pay for a tat doesn’t or shouldn’t be on assistance. If she has money available for that then it should be put towards her child or bills…say the $125 she owes on a speeding ticket from 2 yrs ago.
But feel free to hate on me for my opinion and support her in her decision to take advantage of state aide in a selfish way. I will not apologize for being raised that basic needs; food, shelter, clothing; come before wants such as tats, especially when financially one is barely scraping by.
DN I get food stamps for my whole family and WIC for my youngest son. We do buy some sweets but mainly we buy fruit or fruit snacks once a month maybe I will buy something like cake mix and make my own cupcakes or my own cake not spend 20 dollars on a cake unless its going to be my son’s first birthday then I will do that, But I will just use my hard earned pay check for that. seeing that i might be diabetic the sweets will be no more in this house
I work over 40 hours a week & it isn’t enough to support one child, myself & our pets. I receive food stamps & WIC even though I work over time. Minimum wage Mason City jobs just don’t cut it. Minimum wage needs to be $11.00 an hour then I could for sure get off assistance & so could anyone else. They at the very least should do drug testing for assistance & raise the bar on the income. I barely qualify & I should receive more in stamps because what I get isn’t enough, but I’m thankful I at least get some.
who is building what, down and across the street from the coca cola plant
I was down by the coca cola plant and seen a huge incineato across the street( by Vicor) what is taking place there, does any one know..Jim
You have some really good accusations there but what are the names of those involved? You seem to have first hand knowledge, please share.
NUTCASE DEPUTY must be, “STEPHEN BARDOLE!!!”
I see that a few of Mason City’s finest are back in Cerro Gordo County Jail today for Joint Criminal Conduct and Criminal Mischief in the 2nd. Is this related to the paint gun incident as I see it’s the same 4 individuals or is this for new incidents? Anyone know?
Zach Sletton – Joint Criminal Conduct
Kory Hogfoss – Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree
Wraymond Todd – Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree
Drake Shimon – Joint Criminal Conduct
So they were originally charged with dishcharging a firearm within city limits a serious misdemeanor. Now, these charges are a Class D felony. Wonder if they linked them to all the windows being shot out or they had another “fun” night? Matt, do you have any information on this?
Could be the wonderful people who decided to spray paint several buildings in downtown as well.
How is that discharging a firearm? A paintball gun is not a firearm. I would fight that if I were these boys.
I think if you will check firing a paintball gun in town is classed as discharging a firearm. We have been through all this before.
let them break her fukin windows outta her car…… what a dumb bitch
I’d still fight it, criminal mischief charge at best. And Anonymous, you’re very immature. Shameful to wish that on anyone. I’m just discussing charges, if you don’t like it, don’t use profanity & act like trash.
MrsS, if you do a search on here and go back to when these 4 were arrested you will see the original debates on this subject. I am not sure what the cities laws are about paintball guns but I do know that a convicted felon cannot own one or it violates his parole, just like a real gun. Plus if you’ve ever been shot by one you would say throw the book at them.
Capitalism is it really evil?Private Individuals who control buisness.If we plan too take America back we need to create jobs instead of sending them overseas to China and Mexico and other third world countries.Why is it we buy products from China when we could easily have USA products which are better in my opinion.Democrats and Repulicans can’t decide on jobs,taxes,or anything really while they play ring around the rosey it just erks me.Not all Capitalists were Republican or Conservative,Look at Albert Einstein,Bill Gates,Steve Jobs,Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream.
How come I had to go to the Globe to read about the vandalism that struck the town last night? Is it because it wasn’t on the north end?
The globe’s building that was vandalized in considered the north end.
i would just like to vent a minute about mason city high school baseball…. those boys play their heart out for a coach that should not be allowed to coach t-ball. coach rood is the worst coach i have seen i high school baseball in many years. now he gets of on his season last year. just because he had 9 kids that play well together does not mean he is a good coach. he plays favorites! Ryan Erickson is suppose to be a baseball prodigy when he looks like a freshman out there. no control, to speed, but he is coach’s bud so he plays. if you do not give the booster club large amounts of money and have talent you will not play. i could go on for hours about this worthless coach. if mason city wants a good baseball team start the rebuilding by replacing TROY ROOD as head coach!
Its all just one big click!!!! Mason City has always been that way and will continue to be this way i see it in little league!!!!!
Clique~a group of people classified together….click~a noise. For Christ sake, people! Use your spell check!! It is there so you don’t look stupid, Stupid!
Coach Rood is a Great Coach!!!Rood and the Mohawks went to the State Title last year.Some of what you say about the boosters may be a little true.Teachers also have favorites who are brains who take Honors or who make the A honor roll.
coach rood WAS a great coach 5 years ago. he has all of these “rules” that the boys have to follow. they worry more about what they are going to do wrong more than they worry about the game. mason city needs a change rood needs to go. just ask anyone who watches the home games. 8 out of 10 will agree.
Isoated, are you related to or friends with Zach B.? I think you are a bitter idiot. You have no idea how much time/effort that Troy Rood puts into the Mohawk baseball team. You also don’t have a clue how much time/effort each boy puts into making themselves a better baseball player. Rules are put into place not only to make better baseball players but also to make better young men. If you don’t like the rules, don’t come to the games or have your kid go out for a sport. In the words of the late Dave Wilson, Attitude and Effort, Troy Rood and the Mohawks have both.
no relation just observation. i get rules are rules but some are a bit over the top. no running on the grass infield after a inning.. but coach rood can walk across it to get the third? running after each inning.. it is just asinine. mason city needs a new coach. hopefully all the mad parents will get through to principle jumper after the season is over. there is also other things, he is playing injured players who have told him that they are injured and he says suck it up. he lies to everyone, tells one person a player is not producing so he don’t play then tells another that the same player has a bad attitude is why he is not playing then tells yet another person that the player is not athletic enough to play and is not playing for that reason. once again mason city needs a new coach for that team to succeed.
The reason the boys aren’t to run on the infield is respect for the diamond. Coaches don’t wear metal cleats, players do. Running after innings is to keep muscles warm. Principle Jumper has nothing to do with hiring/firing of coaches. Maybe coach Rood told several different explanation for a kid not playing because the kid wasn’t producing AND had a bad attitude AND wasn’t athletic. As for his success rate, did he not take his team to State last year?
last year they made it that far… how about this year? how about previous years… my opinion he is not a good coach.
A “glass half empty” attitude will always find something to complain about. Good luck with that.
Do you really think Coach Rood gets a list of who gives to the Booster Club? If so you are a complete idiot. Try working at your job as hard as he does at his.
why yes he does have a list. because at the end of the season he has to write thank you letters to all of the sponsors(boosters). I’m not an idiot I’m logical. if you have boys on the team who are seniors that don’t play because they “have not earned the right to play” after putting in almost 5 years of their lives to baseball, but there are sophomores who get to play because their parents are “proud” supporters then i see something wrong with that situation.
It is competitive baseball. The kids that have stolen reps the longest are not guaranteed playing time. Welcome to real world. If your kid doesn’t play on a team that you say is so bad then what does that say about your kid’s talent?
Just a thought,How would you like to be one of the hard working good African American families in this town right now,and I’m sure there is many.You got to feel bad for them because they don’t have anything to do with what has been happening as of late in MC.lifelong MC resident.
Maybe the good hard working African Americans should help do something to get the bad ones out of Mason City.
You are a jerk.
Why is he a jerk? Upstanding african american families that are life long residents of mason city should want to help get rid of these transplant low life cocroaches.
What are you doing to get the white trash out of the city? Look at the jail inmates most of them are white. Looks like you are doing a hell of alot worse job than the black familys you are complaining about.
Sounds like you are smoking too much dope again PL.
Even more zombie babble. He just says this kind of stuff to hear his head rattle.
Sure is hot! So hot I heard Peter C. may go back to “grease”!
Wow! You should take your spam somewhere else. No one cares about increasing traffic to their website on here. F-n spammers!
WELFARE COSTS FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS EXCEEDS $646 MILLION IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY – CAN YOU EVEN COMPREHEND THAT FIGURE? that’s just Los Angeles County folks – imagine the figures for the U.S. Government and all the illegals raping the tax payers of America! …..and all these illegals will vote in November to support “THE SAVIOR” WAKE UP AMERICAN TAX PAYERS !!!!
That is about the same amount that George Bush got when he bought the Texas Rangers and got a stadium built by the tax payers. CAN YOU EVEN COMPREHEND THAT FIGURE? that’s just the Bushes and his group of scam artists, folks- wake up the rich are stealing from us and trying to get us to fight with in the middle and lower class. (Don’t forget they sold the Rangers a short time later and made huge profits and did not have to pay the same amount in taxes as the working class.)
That may be but George didn’t get that EVERY year like the welfare pigs are getting…
Lets not forget the war and the money they made there. BLOOD MONEY!!!!! That was year after year.
Anonymous, What you said is so true. The truely rich people in the world are just loving the fact that they have the moderate, middle class rep. and dems. fight each other like cats and dogs. When the truth is our true beliefs aren’t that far apart and a fair compromise on most issues would make the vast majority of us very happy. So give and take on both sides is how politics should work.
It lets me know just how many people are reading NIT, which is A LOT. I’ll just say this. The attorney I consulted is also a judge, and he insinuated that I wouldn’t pay him for his services. I said, “why not require an up front fee?” and he tried to wriggle out of that one with more distractions. I knew something was up, and then when i pressed him, he made an odd statement, and then I realized what was going on. He said “The only time I’ve ever had a client didn’t pay me was this one woman who was in the military”. Then his associate came out of another office and said “Yeah, you can’t trust those military people”, sardonically. I won’t mention the firm or the town I was in.
I think people are confusing my statements and policies regarding the military. First of all, I know as a fact that a lot of people in the military ARE untrustworthy douchebags. So the lawyer is right in a way. However, I’m not simple enough to blanket categorize every person in the military, for the actions of a few. There are pockets of good and bad within any large organization. The military in North Iowa however has been treated a little too good, to the point of overlooking wrongdoers, just because they served in Iraq. I know specifically of a case where a man was a drug dealer, who was caught red-handed selling meth, and got a mistrial due to a jury deadlock. I’ve also heard it on the grapevine the same soldier actually killed their baby by giving it a Tylenol 3 to stop it from crying, and then had a doctor write the official cause of death as SIDS, to protect the military guy. I also, heard stories of local military people getting their gun permits issued to them from Des Moines, without the proper qualifications because they know someone at Camp Dodge. It’s definitely a buddy network. The hypocrisy lies within the criteria for enlistment and how recruiters will ask you to lie on the swearing in oath, just so they can make more money getting you enlisted like they did to me when I went down to Mepps to be sworn in. I backed out at the last minute because they drilled it in how much trouble we would be in if we lied. My recruiter told me specifically to lie. I wanted in, but not that badly.
I would ask that my military be an honest organization, based on truth and character. But you see killing is dirty business, and much of the military’s missions are dubious, so it’s only natural they hire less than noble men to participate in operations. Less truth, honor, character, and more brawn, machissimo, and obedience would be the desirable traits to raise up a force of unquestioning men. Once such a force is raised, they are at the disposal of the large corporate heads, who turn them loose on missions of monetary importance, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. They delude men into believing they are fighting for God, honor, country and family, but the truth is they are fighting for oil. Many know it. Many don’t care. They get weapons to play with, and they are in the biggest gang in the world, and for some…that is enough. But don’t ask me to subjugate myself to such a collection of men, and don’t ask me to honor them. Until I see qualities that would cause me to naturally honor them, I won’t unnaturally honor them like many do. Besides, I’ve said it before, any righteous military organization would have enlisted me upon review of my character. But instead they did what? Used a possession of LSD charge against me because I went to a Grateful Dead show and had some acid in my pocket? They were waving gang-banger drug dealers from East LA when they needed soldiers for the wars, but they disqualified a thinking hippy back in 93 because the wars hadn’t broken out yet and they didn’t need me.
NO Questions, only orders.
I am going to pass this to military folks I personally know. They will get a good laugh out of it I am sure, and respond in kind.
The big question here is why you went to an attorney. Sure he wasn’t making sarcasm at your questions or case?
I think the comment needs a lot more clarification as there is no way to know how one is remotely related to the other.
It’s just zombie babble.
Names and questions please.
Peter thinks it is all about him. He made the mistake of slamming one of our service people who had given his life for the country (and by accident Peter) and now he is finding out people didn’t like it DUH!!!
What’s the hold-up in getting rid of the boarded-up homes from the flood?
While enjoying the 4th of July, the family drove around by the campground and swimming pool, discovering the abandoned homes in the block(s) near 7th and 8th Streets NE; between N Hampshire and N Carolina.
Why the hang-up? Hasn’t it been three years since the families surrendered their homes to FEMA and the city?
I realize if these homes are disposed of, then at least one city employee loses her job. My non-expert search of the Cerro Gordo GIS software shows Mason City is the owner of these homes.
The lawns are mowed – as opposed to those lawns of the vacant lots on the west side of North Carolina in that area – the homes appear in good repair. Why aren’t they either razed, sold & moved or disposed of?
The only reason for delay that I can come up with is the lady-in-charge doesn’t want to lose her job.
The west side of North Carolina looks absolutely terrible. If someone in the city doesn’t keep their lawn mowed and it becomes overgrown, the city comes out and mows it and send the owner a bill. But the city can’t mow their own property? What’s wrong with this picture?
The city owns a flood property in the 2000 block of 26th SW next to Chelsea Creek in Mason City that looks horrible. They still have personal property in the yard and weeds everywhere. No one has mowed the property all year. The only thing done to the property was boarding up windows and doors and nothing since. How long can they leave it this way?
Maybe if the city wasn’t wasting 75 grand to remodel Trout’s and Bookmeyer’s offices, they could afford to cut the grass.
Nik, you should mow the lawn you are speaking of and send a bill to the city, could be a money maker for you if we hold the city to their own “ordinance.”
John, I tried doing that, until the mower blew an engine after striking hidden objects. And the City does not reimburse private people sadly, who try to expedite the process and improve their neighborhood.
Stabbing at north side tonight?
Went to the fireworks with my family, drove over and got me a good viewpoint. I saw Mason City’s mayor Bookmeyer walking in the parade. Who does this guy think he is, the Emperor of north iowa? What the hell was he doing in CLear lake’s parade? Also the oddest thing, I heard several people call out BOOZEMEYER and DRUNKMEYER. Not a good scene.
That’s too bad if people were calling him names at the parade, as it sets a bad example for the children and youth in attendance. Adults then wonder why kids are so disrespectful, when that’s the type of behavior they are modeling for today’s kids.
Actions speak louder than words.
How were the Clear Lake Fireworks?
They went off with a bang. 😀
Matt- can you tell me why some of the commenters names appear in red?
I believe they turn red when you put in your email address in the “email field”.
My neighbors house had a small fire about a month ago. They have been staying in a hotel payed for by the redcross because of it. They can go back to their house anytime because there wasnt any serious fire damage. The only thing preventing them is the filth! They got a fine becuae of the inside of their home and the firemen were slidding in dog crap from the inside of their home. They let the animals go to the bathroom inside and in the middle of the living room. Its discusting! they also got a ticket from the city for the garbage in their yard. The have a dumpster sitting in their driveway amost full and yet they have barely made a dent on the filth. And the sad thing is the redcross is still paying for them to stay at a hotel! the filth is unbeivable and to think these parents were rasing 2 children in this home. had 2 other children stay with them for a few weeks last summer and every summer alow an uncle to stay with them! Its just gross I have had the unfortunate visit in their home and i also saw the firemen handleing the fire and afterwards cleaning their boots of dog poop. Their house is just off of 12th street you can see their backyard from 12th street it discusting!
i know who u are talking about i owned a house down the road before we moved in november. i guess i didnt know they still were not in their house yet. thats pretty sorry, serious case of the hoarders
discusting?
You mean disgusting.
ffs lrn2spell
The house and yard are horrible. I feel sorry for the people who live right next door. They were issued a citation and fined for the yard, but it’s still not cleaned up. When the occupants don’t clean up after a nusance charge, what’s the next step?
JANET SOLBERG’S HOUSE ON JULY 4… 5 MCPD CARS PARKED THERE ????????????????
For the first time in years I really enjoyed mason citys fireworks. It was a great show and hope it stays this way or improves. Anywho good job M.C. and happy birthday america god bless.
I hope it stays at the event center.
In any event, I hope so also.
Just to be ‘fair’ about too.
I read this on NORTH IOWA MUG SHOTS TO NIGHT AND I THINKS ITS BULL CRAP:
North Iowa Mugshots (NIM 1) Michael Agema was originally charged with 3 counts of 2nd degree sexual abuse of a child. On June 4th he did a plea change, but it is unclear what the plea bargain entailed for him to plead guilty. Being Judge Wieland is involved I can only assume with her record the public will be appalled at his sentencing on August 27th.
22 minutes ago
North Iowa Mugshots (NIM 1) While I do not agree with and as a Representative of NIM condone their alleged actions, publicly. I commend them for feeling remorseful enough to give him a ride to the local police station following the alleged incident.
Charges were dismissed against Leigh E. Viers but the judge slapped her with $784.51 in court costs and legal fees. Eric J. Helfter was convicted of Assault in the case and is required to pay $4588.43 in restitution to the child molester. In addition the State of Iowa wants him to pay a $750 fine, $262.50 surcharge, and $1013.75 in court costs and legal fees.
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North Iowa Mugshots (NIM 1) Does anybody have some free time to set up a fundraising page to pay the fee’s imposed on them by the court? The money raised to could be paid directly on the court cases eliminating any questions of rather it went for their legal expenses. Paypal has en excellent fund raising application.
NORTH IOWA MUG SHOTS WANTS PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S FINES??? THEY GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED I DONT LIKE THE FACT THAT THE PERSON IS A CHILD MOLESTER BUT SERIOUSLY LET THE COURTS DECIDE THE PERSON’S FATE NOT THE HANDS OF THE VICTIM’S FAMILY!! I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ATTACKED THIS PERSON NEEDS TO PAY THEIR OWN FINES NOT SET UP A FUND RAISER FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP PAY THEM OR PAY THEM COMPLETELY OFF.
Your upset at the idea of pooling donations together for those who assaulted a man who molested a little girl?
They committed a crime they need to pay for it themselves. Don’t matter if it was on a sex offender or not. I did something wrong and I paid off my own fines. Didn’t make someone else do it. Not make us or other hard working citizens pay for their damn idiotic crimes!!
You must be one of the low life family defender types on there. You gave your self away by typing everything in caps at a 3rd grade level of spelling.
Mugshots is one word. Then again no need to care what you THINKS.
You should post your opinion on NIM about this. Unless you have something with your real name to hide.
Hell no. I dont defend sex offenders or child molesters but I don’t condone violence either. These two took actions into their own hands now because of it the guy might just might get away with it because of their stupid actions. I typed mug shots from my phone and it made it two words and about the caps. My caps key got turned on my phone its a touch screen and I didn’t know how to turn it off. This is the Internet not English class who really cares about stuff like that. Plus I won’t comment on North Iowa Mug Shots anymore. It’s nothing but a damn bullying website. They allow comments like I hope she/he gets shanked or talks of rape on a young pretty woman. I have seen this stuff first hand. Also talks of going to go beat up a person as soon as they get released from jail. People need to grow up act their age not their shoe size or their low 10 IQ.
Heck my baby is more mature then those idiots on NIM, and my baby is under a year old.
“Black ***, trouble making, free loading, drug dealing, disrespectful, pieces of ****.”
“TIME TO BRING THE KLAN TO TOWN!!”
No, time to enforce our laws. That is how things get done ethically and morally.
You two, and those of your ilk, are the most insulting humans on the face of the earth! Vomit has a better IQ and is far more palatable. Live garbage sitting in the sun for the past two days is perhaps the only equal I can think of.
Why? This is 2012. Lincoln emancipated the slaves in the 1860’s. The Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1868 overruling Dred Scott, and giving equal protection under the law to all citizens. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.
So what cave have you two been hiding in? Are you really proud of yourselves? Really?
Yep. Get off your soapbox and come live in the northend like we have to. Come see for yourself how there is no ‘enforcing’ of any law down here. Book smart but not street smart.
open your wallet then dip shit!! support those worthless pieces of shit!!!
Look, there are better ways to deal with neighborhood issues. Name calling and racial overtones do nothing!
Use that head for more than a hat rack. If there is a problemed household, sit down and chat with our Police and plot a course of action.
More than likely, the problem children live in a rental. If that is the case, you have more options available to you. Inform the Landlord and if need be, the buildings owner.
When ever there is a verified problem, call them, make them aware of what is going on in their property, when it is actually happening. If it is 2 am, so be it.
Get other neighbors involved, it affects them just as much.
But don’t stoop to neanderthal behavior and beliefs.
Yes..the fourteenth ammendment does state equality to all citizens, bu most (not all) blacks do not act equal. Most of the ones around here are disrespectful, immature, uneducated, and are bringing violence and drugs into our community. If they cannot function in society and be productive members of our community…they need to GTFO. and that also goes for the poor white trash meth heads….
Tired of the Mason City Aquatic having to close because some people are either too lazy or just too stupid to put a dang swim diaper on their children. They are closed today (in a heat wave) due to another “fecal” incident.
I agree. Can’t there be some sort of barrier put up between the kiddie area and the deeper parts of the pool? This is NOT the first incident in this sweltering heat. Seems like poor planning in the design. Really? EVERYONE gets screwed cuz some kid crapped? Also, why arent Swimmers mandatory?
From what I hear it was a 5 year old.
From what I hear it was a 5year old that pooped in the pool.
“American Ballad” coming to viewing soon.
Dear Ones, we have entered into the very worst of times; and the great judgements of the Book of Revelation are now unfolding in our midst. The Lord have mercy on all of us in this nation! For, we have greatly sinned!
Dear Ones, we are all aware of the catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico about two years past; and we also know of the great devastation, which was caused by this vast oil leak!
During those terrible days, we prayed; and we saw that our Lord was moved with compassion to delay some of the devastating effects of this terrible oil leak. In response to our prayers, He sent some geographical angels down into that fiery, hot oil mix and He, in His mercy, delayed some of the devastating events, which would have already come to pass! Blessed is His Holy Name!
At the time of that terrible oil leak, some of us also read about a very great lake of frozen methane gas, which lies beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some geologists warned that this hot oil could leak into that lake of frozen methane gas and melt the frozen gas, causing the massive methane lake to rupture! Our Saviour also warned us about this great hazard!
We have seen the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina as this terrible storm ripped through New Orleans. And, we have seen the devastating effects of this great oil spill, and how the Gulf of Mexico has been systematically destroyed.
Due to the great contamination of the Gulf of Mexico through this oil spill, all of the seafood, which comes from that Gulf, is now suspect. Many reports have been issued, which have revealed that the seafood from this Gulf is plagued with all manner of cancers and skin sores. Truly, the whole Gulf of Mexico is greatly contaminated. But, now the people face an every greater danger and that danger is from the frozen methane lake, which is quickly melting.
Read our Saviour’s words and weep; for the bowls of judgments are now being poured out upon this wicked nation; and the just will surely suffer alongside the unjust!
Matt-what kind of crap is this??
It’s just that, garbage. Next thing we will hear is that Scriptures predicts the return of the Great Pumpkin!
I am a Christian but I don’t understand where you are coming from here. Did you have too much wine?
The gulf oil spill did no long term damage in the gulf.
Hey Matt–Where is your coverage on the Alliant rate hike? Globe is covering it. Are you going to be there? I think it is important to get NorthIowaToday’s unbiased take on this scam.
http://globegazette.com/news/local/alliant-to-hold-mason-city-public-meeting-on-rate-hike/article_b764accc-c468-11e1-ba4e-0019bb2963f4.html
Check this out…
http://www.jsonline.com/business/118910399.html
and that is dated. I wish everytime I wanted a raise I could just pull the dictatorship card and demand people to pay.
I am Bill Harvey, CEO of Alliant Energy. I need more money. $6 Mil per year ain’t cuttin it no more.
Da Mrs. Harvey wants to buy her 7th vacation home in the Hamptoms so I need mo money. Mo money=mo problems…open up yo wallets MC.
Rollin’ down the street…Laid back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.
Hey Mama..Allinat can do whatever it wanst cuz where else you gonna go. Nowhere. They are a ripoff company. My friend siad his neighbor works there and lives like a king from all of the overtime he gets and doesnt have to do much..easy money.
Thanks for sharing that link. That is just wrong for a company to be paying its CEO that much, when customers of all socio-economic levels are dependent on their energy. Then, to have the nerve to keep passing increases on to its customers to line the pockets of the execs! Unethical!!!
I will be riding my hog to this meeting. Matt, I hope you ask some hard questions. Like, why is Alliant asking for more money when gas is at a low? Alliant just had a rate increase for electrictiy not too long ago. Go knock on the door of the building downtown that you always picture on this website and see what their excuse is.
Yeah…Matt. Ask questions like what is their budget for salaries. Just think if the head honcho is getting paid $6 million/year then what is the second honcho getting, the third honcho, and so on and so on down to the bottom. I bet the amount is more than US deficit. Billions! Trillions! I bet Alliant can do without a few of the honchos…
Matt- I’m sure Alliant will have scripted answers for the public meeting next week. I hope you are able to press them and get some real answers. The link showing the salary of the CEO shows how irresponsible they are with all of the money we have to pay them without any other choice for service.
Matt-Can you call the IUB and publish the concerns of the customers?
Am I correct that Alliant Energy’s prices have nothing to do with the price of gasoline or oil? They use natural gas, which is a totally different market commodity.
I got a friend that lives on the north end and he found that another person was doing weed
Big surprise
hahaha
HUNGRY MIND.. reuben sandwhich is the best around !!
listening to the scanner the last few days, the cops are asking everybody they question, for their phone numbers…… i wonder WHY?
This is posted way back in the forum. They are asking to obtain as much infomation as possible.
Sunday at about 7:00am three of the “Detroit Group” was in the lot at the North Kum and Go giving the females getting gas a hard time. The police were called but they were gone when the police arrived. Going to be a long summer-
Black ass, trouble making, free loading, drug dealing, disrespectful, pieces of shit. They do it because they know they can. To bad this isn’t the movies, I’d pay to see someone come into town with with a flame thrower and eradicate their black asses.
TIME TO BRING THE KLAN TO TOWN!!
LMFAO….a white one, too! Send the KLAN to D.C. as well – great idea !
Who you is ? Where you at? I be foshizzled at you. Who you be callin’ blackasses? I is African/Amerimexican 🙂
Why cant the police tell them not to be there, and to not patronize the establishment, and that if they do, they will be fined. I feel sorry for the people that work there that they have to deal with this on pretty much a daily basis. I won’t go to that Kum and Go because of the losers standing around.
That is EXACTLY the reason that I refuse to go to the North End for anything.
Can’t Kum and Go refuse service to them? And by refusing service, that also means stay off the property. If they give the people at Kum and Go a hassle, call the cops, trespassing.
Everyone needs to start taking videos on their phone if they have that feature and video these pukes then send the videos to NIT! Seriously, lets start a video revolution, we need to do something to get these troble making blacks off the street…and out of our town!!
Every company has a right to refuse service. Further, since it is private property, the company can demand that the person is no longer welcome on the property. Once the police enter it in the report, if another incident occurs, they are charged with criminal trespass.
A lot of business already have long long lists of people no longer welcome. One I know has a list that goes back five years. And they are not afraid to call MCPD and press charges if need be.
While waiting for the light at Monroe and HWY 122 I did a quick check. I could see 15 drivers and of that 11 were on cell phones with 9 of them being women. Houston I think we have a problem.
Mediacom tanks last night.
Internet service to many cities in Iowa, IL, Mo, and FL went out last night at about 8 pm. Their customer service reps say it was a power supply issue, but for that many communities on such a wide scale, it makes you wonder. Seems redundancy is not a high priority.
I heard about this issue. I have Century Link, it’s not as fast, but it’s almost NEVER down.
I have Mediacom. It’s faster and almost never down!
It seems like the electronic devices are having a tough time lately. My satellite tv was very poor reception two nights ago. my smart phone seems to have lowered it’s IQ at times and i have noticed flucuations in the electrical service to my house. I have good equipment and maintain it as it should be so I wonder if it’s just summer, solar flares or the planets coming into alignment for 12/21/2012. Get Prepared!
The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree…and think 25 to life would be
appropriate.
Send him back to INDONESIA where he was born !
So basically you get an obesity rating every time you go in to receive some type of care. Anybody feeling creepy yet?
So why did the Hunter Flynn person write that it is not part of the healthcare act? Just not educated on topic or purposely misleading? This healthcare issue is too important to be spreading false information. We need to know the truth.
Thanks for the feedback “wrong information”. I do feel as if I am educated on the topic, and there certainly was no intent to purposely mislead anyone. I was simply sharing my interpretation of the changes that will be enacted in 2014. I based my opinion after reviewing a variety of documents on the topic, taking care to also consider the source. In my research, I have seen a lot of misinformation provided by groups either in support or in opposition of health care reform.
I searched the full text of HR 3590, The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, as well as its companion bill HR 4872, the Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act. I will be honest, I relied on my browser search feature, as the text of HR 3590 is 906 pages and HR 4872 adds 55 pages.
In section 2703 State Option to Provide Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions (p. 203), BMI is mentioned as one of the medical conditions that defines the term “chronic condition”. There is no mention of mandatory screening for BMI.
The second reference to BMI was in section 4004 Education Outreach Campaign Regarding Preventive Benefits (p. 428). In this section, BMI is mentioned as one of the factors that people will be able to use to determine their disease on a website. Again, there is no mention of mandatory BMI screening.
My interpretation was then that BMI was not required. Given the feedback from both you and “AnEyeForAnEye” I felt compelled to dig deeper.
Section 3001 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009 (commonly referred to as the stimulus bill), in Part C Duties of the National Coordinator Subpart 3 paragraph (a) (ii) states that the National Coordinator shall “update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan” with “utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014”.
“Obamacare” does will require an Electronic Health Record for all Americans, and according to the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, BMI will be part of the vital signs included in the Electronic Health Records.
The changes are difficult to interpret, so please accept my apologies. I must go on my morning run, so I can lower my BMI by 2014!
My optometrist told me the new software he bought for his practice with the new healthcare bill requires him to weigh each client at visits. Weighing me at my eye exam visit? Is this correct? If it is, do people want this?
His software may indeed have an option for including the weight of his patients, but it is not a requirement of the healthcare act.
Oh, yes. By 2014 every American’s electronic health record must calculate and display body mass index (BMI)–obesity–based on height and weight and must be available on a national exchange. Therefore, all health providers including dentists, eye doctors, etc. must include this information in the patient’s health records. This is part of the law signed by Mr. Obama last year and refered to as Obamacare. It’s not just about requiring people to obtain and maintain health insurance or be taxed for not doing it. The law is much more than that, and most people do not know all it entails.
Sorry–I meant to say “healthcare provider.”
Remember when Nancy Pelosi insisted we must pass the bill before we know what’s in it? I’m sure there are many buried little gems in this bill we’ll be paying for later.
I knew there was a reason I preferred Coke-a-cola to Pepsi!!! Didn’t know what it was, but knew there was just that extra little something. . .
Coke-a-cola contains “some” alcohol” –
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/06/28/coke-pepsi-contain-some-alcohol-study-says/
Its been very interesting to read North Iowa Today. I like how you find out things about people and stories that you would not get from other sources.
My only question is how does someone get off an OWI? Specifically their second charged offense? Could anyone help me out here
Plea bargaining is the only way. They have that down pretty pat now and it is hard to beat. You can try a jury trial. That sometimes works and sometimes they will reduce it down to 1st offense just to keep it out of a jury trial. There are different classes of DUI so you might work out something.
Different classes???? And what might those classes be?
Yep. Privilege gets you out of anything in this town. Select few and all that jazz.
AMERICANS ‘ RIGHT TO ARMs
Americans’ Right To Arms is a Project of Patriot PAC
UN Arms Trade Treaty a Sinister Gun Control Ploy
UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
2-27 July 2012 New York
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Conference is convening at United Nations
Headquarters in New York on 2 – 27 July 2012. Negotiations will be conducted “to
elaborate a legally binding instrument on the highest possible common
international standards for the transfer of conventional arms.” Its stated
objective is to regulate arms trade to the greatest degree possible; its sinister
true purpose is global gun bans, and the disarmament of free peoples!
STOP THE ASSAULT ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT BY THE UN!
BLAST FAX CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
DO NOT LET OBAMA DISARM THE UNITED STATES!
This instrument will be under U.N. control, carried out by the 193 Member States
of the U.N. In addition, hundreds of representatives from NGOs (non-governmental
organizations), public interest groups, the arms industry, media and
inter-governmental organizations will attend.
The bleeding heart, anti-gun, disarmament propaganda is rife:
“From 2-27 July, all countries of the world will come together in New York to
negotiate what is seen as the most important initiative ever regarding
conventional arms regulation within the United Nations. A robust arms trade
treaty can make a difference for millions of people confronted with insecurity,
deprivation and fear.”
Indeed, the entire enterprise of ostensible U.N. small arms “regulation” actually
runs under the auspices of UNODA, the United Nations Office for Disarmament
Affairs╜
But surely you were in no confusion about the real agenda behind the ATT, the
U.N. Small Arms Treaty, and the vital and urgent necessity to SHUT DOWN Obama
Administration promotion of United States ratification of this
coming-like-a-freight-train disarmament treaty?
STOP THE ASSAULT ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT BY THE UN!
BLAST FAX CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
DO NOT LET OBAMA DISARM THE UNITED STATES!
If you WERE, here’s news. UNODA just released their press kit for the ATT
conference, and it is a doozy. Included is a lengthy paper by the U.N.’s
Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA) program entitled “The Impact of Poorly
Regulated Arms Transfers on the Work of the U.N.”
This paper claims, as does the ATT itself, that the big problem with “arms
violence” the world faces is a lack of agreed standards on arms transfers.
Nonsense, of course: The big problem the world faces in this regard is that many
U.N. member states are despotisms, dictatorships, supporters of terrorists, or
simply incapable of controlling their own borders.
But the CASA paper insists that the job of the U.N. is to make the case for a
very broad treaty. As CASA puts it, “Advocacy efforts should be
developed╜through relevant reports and op-eds, messages, and statements at
relevant meetings and to the press.” Here comes the U.S. taxpayer-funded U.N.
propaganda!
Ominously, the ATT repeatedly ALSO signals that “the problem” is as much lawful
ownership as it is the international arms trade. And although the U.N. keeps
protesting on the one hand that it “does not aim to impede or interfere with the
lawful ownership and use of weapons” within member states, this CASA paper
bluntly states that “United Nations agencies have come across many situations in
which various types of conventional weapons have been╜misused by lawful owners”
and that the “arms trade must therefore be regulated in ways that
would╜minimize the risk of misuse of legally owned weapons.”
And just how, pray tell, would the ATT do that if it doesn’t “impede” or
“interfere” with lawful ownership? Clearly, those negotiating the U.N. Gun Treaty
aren’t just concerned with lawful ownership; they are also campaigning against
“community attitudes” that “contribute to the powerful cultural conditioning that
equates masculinity with owning and using a gun, and regards gun misuse by men as
acceptable.”
All this just further confirms that the U.N. regards gun ownership – even under
national constitutional protection and for lawful activities – as a dangerous
cultural failure that it needs to redress under global governance, by
international treaty that trumps our U.S. Constitution. The ATT will NOT abide
the principle that self-defense is an inherent right, and our Second Amendment
guarantees ARE DEEPLY IMPERILED BY THE U.N. GUN TREATY!
This strong emerging evidence further proves that the ostensible objectives of
the U.N. Small Arms Treaty are mere camouflage, and the real purpose IS stealth
gun control to gut our Second Amendment rights! STOP Obama from wasting millions
of American tax dollars on negotiations to empower gun-grabbing globalists!
STOP THE ASSAULT ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT BY THE UN!
BLAST FAX CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
DO NOT LET OBAMA DISARM THE UNITED STATES!
And according to additional analysis by the Heritage Foundation, if passed the
U.N. Gun Treaty, officially titled the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) WILL INCREASE
THE THREAT OF ARMED TERRORISM despite its proclaimed purpose to reduce the
ability of terrorists to acquire weapons!
While the United Nations’ ATT has never focused exclusively on terrorism (after
all, they want to grab YOUR guns more than anything else), terrorism is among the
most often cited justifications for negotiating this international civilian
disarmament.
Take the U.N. General Assembly’s Resolution 64/48, adopted on January 12, 2010,
for example. It states that: “problems relating to the unregulated trade in
conventional weapons╜ can fuel instability, transnational organized crime and
terrorism.” Then on April 16 of this year, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas
Countryman said that an ATT would “help prevent the acquisition of arms by
terrorists and criminals.”
Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Well, don’t be fooled. This is just part of a SHAM to
pull the wool over YOUR eyes and the eyes of every other legal gun owner in
America.
STOP THE ASSAULT ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT BY THE UN!
BLAST FAX CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
DO NOT LET OBAMA DISARM THE UNITED STATES!
Not only has the blithering United Nations never defined terrorism â•„ but a
definition of terrorism wouldn’t matter anyway, Heritage Foundation analysis
reveals. “The ATT cannot prevent nations from arming terrorists if nations do not
agree on who the terrorists are, or on what constitutes terrorism.”
YOU READ THAT RIGHT! The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty is so feckless and
phony, it fails to identify terrorism, or even try to define it, never mind
commit to its prevention! The ATT’s alleged purpose is a SHAM, A FRONT TO GRAB
YOUR GUNS â•„ NOT STOP TERRORISM!
Let’s not forget, insofar as the dysfunctional U.N. is capable of ANY meaningful
efforts, the Security Council has already “addressed” this issue!
Despite its pathetic, moral-relativist inability to agree on a definition of
terrorism â•„ in the aftermath of 9/11, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1373
passed unanimously on September 8, 2001 requiring ALL U.N. members to “take
action against terrorism,” including “eliminating the supply of weapons to
terrorists.”
The Security Council, which supposedly exists to maintain international peace and
security, even has the authority to back up its resolutions using armed force â•„
unlike the ATT, which will be based on national implementation with no means of
enforcement whatsoever.
So, what possible need is there for yet another U.N. initiative on such
contentious matters (“one government’s terrorist is another government’s freedom
fighter”)? Why bother with the upcoming negotiations at a conference to be held
July 2-27 in New York? Why chance increasing the risk of armed terrorism?
╜Because the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty isn’t about terrorism at all.
It’s about disarming civilians like you.
STOP THE ASSAULT ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT BY THE UN!
BLAST FAX CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
DO NOT LET OBAMA DISARM THE UNITED STATES!
Oh nice, not a single original word from the person who posted this, just cut and paste, and a sloppy job at that.
Citations and quotes are acceptable when adding to, or supporting your opinions. But when it becomes the entirety of the post, it becomes plagiarism. A theft of someone elses work. In some circles, a crime.
Any thoughts on a curfew in mason city?
I’ve been saying it for years that Mason City needs a curfew.
I second the idea, with an added clause. Write into the law a parental responsibility segment. A juvenile who commits an act during curfew hours, their parents will also face consequences.
Watch attitudes change real fast.
Completely agree with the curfew and parental responsibility. If you are ever out after midnight and see all the kids hanging out just looking for some excitement you would also agree.
So what do we do to go about getting a curfew? Where do we start?
Petition your Councilman. Collect signatures. Once they become aware the citizens in town want a solution to this issue, they have no choice but to take action.
And not another program or silly focus group. Pass a curfew law. There are litterally hundreds already in effect in the U.S. All tested and proven, so it is not new legal ground.
Any thoughts on a curfew in this town?
Who robed the senior center> 6-27 -12-A.m
Robed? Is that what you wear when you get up at night to take a whiz??
Happy to see pilgrims leave Mediacom. That will keep my Internet connection speed (already the fastest) going strong. Bye bye !!!
No problems, good service.
I guess it’s good to be a Pilgrim then! lol. I was with mediasucks for 10+ years. I switched to Direct TV and Centurylink and it was the best move i ever made. More channels, better service, no problems, and did i mention that it is CHEAPER? Speed? lol. I guess speed would be an issue if i was downloading a bunch of porn but since i’m only gaming and blogging/surfing…plenty fast enough for me. I’m glad you are happy with Mediasucks and/or work for them? Take care.
And you’re right, the more peeps that leave, the faster your service will be because you SHARE your internet with everyone in your neighborhood. Not many people realize that. With Centurylink it’s just you on that data stream.
And cable is still faster. I don’t like to wait for pages and attachments to load, porn or not.
(don’t work for them) We both happy then??
And, I’m not looking for cheaper. That seldom cuts it !!
Anyone else have connection problems with mediacom?? Been 3 months now and we are STILL having problems.. Getting tired of the “we have had reports of problems in your area” crap. “we have a special team on it” Bullshit. BTW I cannot understand your ENGLISH…..Any suggestions on a good fast internet provider???
I do just fine with CenturyLink. My son does a lot of gaming and it is plenty fast. Mediacom sucks.
CenturyLink works great at our house too. I also have DirecTV which I would never trade-in on Mediacom. We were mediacom customers for years and we too got tired of all their excusess. For the past 6 years we have used Qwest and now CenturyLink and DirecTV. They are great and have the best customer service.
I switched from Mediacom to Direct TV and Centurylink about 2 years ago and it was the best move I’ve ever made! My internet is cheaper, my tv is cheaper, and I get a ton more channels with Direct. I highly recommend PR Connections to assist with any Direct TV questions, they hooked me up and they are great!
From my IT career, in which I specialized in computer network connectivity, I offer this slightly educated guess what’s going on with MediaComm:
1.) They have at least one severely infected computer on their network, and don’t know who it is. A fairly inexpensive traffic monitoring system would quickly pin-point the computer, which can then be quickly banned from their network. Why they don’t have this software – or know how to use it – is beyond me!
2.) Netflix et. al. on-line streaming now makes up nearly 80 percent of internet traffic. Without being properly prepared, this legal and proper use of the internet perhaps over-whelmed the unprepared.
3.) Poorly maintained wires – e.g., feeder lines running through trees where constant friction wears down insulation, creating problems via shorting, but the shorts are brief as they only happen when a branch presses the exact right spot. It will take FOREVER to find that spot, and a ton of people… Proper tree trimming practices would avoid this issue.
The other post is correct – a CenturyLink DSL (digital subscriber line) is far faster than a “community party-line” like a cable modem technology, if there are a large number of users on that particular cable.
I can empathize with the MediaComm staffers with their pocket-protectors and masking tape on the bridge of their black-rimmed glasses… I once walked in very similar shoes, and know the frustration.
Take to trucking, my sisters and bretheren… at least driving a truck, you can pull over and park when the jerks get frustrating.
Mediacom Online Intro = 3 Mbps
Mediacom Online = 12 Mbps (Standard – ours)
Mediacom Online Max = 20 Mbps
Mediacom Online Ultra50/Max = 50 Mbps
To Klinkyh,
Speeds they promote do not mean a thing if someone with a poorly maintained computer is allowing hackers/spammers to tie up the network.
Think of it this way – consider Mediacom cable internet like I-35. If you have two big, ugly, SLOW trucks doing an elephant race side-by-side down the interstate, traffic behind them backs up… it can’t get through. Once they get back in line, you still have to pass them. More big slow trucks (infected computers) on your particular branch of the cable, the slower it is.
Now, DSL on the other hand, in the same thought process, is like having your own, private highway to wherever you want to go – grocery store, Des Moines, etc. No one else is on your own private road, until you get to the main switch at the headquarters, wherever that is… but then, they’re sending out your data at speeds measured in gigabits, not mega.
The missed cues and the open mica were the results of errors by students, not Dennis Higgins. Heard it directly from one of the kids in the booth. It’s a student production and a learning process.
Does anyone know what is going on in the northwest corner of Mason City this week? Saturday night there were cops all over up here from Madison to Federal and 12th NW to 16th NW. They were running through the yards and looking under everything they could. Yesterday the sherrif’s were driving real slow through the alley’s and the local P.D. was all over up here mostly around 15th NW and Adams. The State Police were even cruising the area.
Did you know that riding in the back of a pickup is illegal in Iowa, no matter how old you are?
Under 18 it is against the law. 18 and over your butt has to be on the floor of the pickup(not on wheel wells or chairs) and it is legal.
Been pulled over a couple times for this and they tell me that no matter how old the riders are they have to be able to have a seatbelt.
by chance does anyone know when the next school board election is?
School Board elections in Iowa are held in September of odd numbered years–so the next election will be in September 2013.
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.
Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his role as our president. The old rancher said, ‘Well, ya know, Obama is a ‘Post Turtle”. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him, what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old rancher said, ‘When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain. “You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, he’s elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb idiot put him up there to begin with.”
Best explanation I’ve heard yet.
What’s the matter Peter-truth hurt??
There ya go Peter, thinking again. I bet you won’t be doing that anytime soon again!!
Whew! I thought I was the only one who thought the sound was muffled/hard to understand! I am the mom of one of the performers, and at first I thought maybe my hearing was just bad, but I really had to concentrate to try to understand what they were singing/saying. I noticed the bad sound right away when it started. Hopefully it will be better on the DVD so I can watch and understand it!
Evidently, Sat night’s performance was worse. Heard one of the microphones of one of the performers was NOT turned off and some things that were said backstage were heard during the performance. I had to laugh when I heard that (at the comment that was heard), but if there was only one guy working all the actors’ mics, he may have been a bit overwhelmed. It is quite a shame….those kids put HOURS and HOURS into this. We still enjoyed it and know we have the best talent in the area under Mr. Everist’s direction…. it was an experience of a lifetime (so far) for these kids! So proud of them!!
http://www.areavibes.com/mason+city-ia/crime/ just to show that crime rate is not down in MC like the globe was saying.
Saw a Justin ewing was arrested for assult, think hes been in the big house for this many times
Jeesh! Where have those 2 Peters’ been today on NIT?Boring! Peter L. and Peter C. will you please show up and put a spark into this boring day with your non-sense rants, hilarious ideas, ect? Oh wait, I guess I will just go watch OBAMA give another speech. Never mind.
Did anyone hear about a guy getting beat up Sat night at Homer’s? Heard it was at about 930 and happened in the parking lot.
You check out the guy in the pink shirt on NIM under violence. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=351254521612514&set=a.209889845748983.51333.113749658696336&type=1&theater
“EMERGENCY LIQUIDATION SALE” at the fairgrounds (MC) this weekend. What a joke! $6 fee to get in – what an F’in rip off! How many were foolish enough to pay a $6 entrance fee to look at their junk???
I went to one in October, I thought a lot of the stuff looked fake.
I wonder what Denny charged them to “do sound?”
Romney seems he will be winning the Election any opinions.
Anybody but Obamination !!!!
another chomo will soon find love in jail. you reap what you sow.
matt. change the date for the flea market
How funny is it that the daughter of a police chief is on NIM? I think it’s hilarious!
police chief’s kid?
Garner’s Police Chief http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=350250601712906&set=a.325624354175531.74525.113749658696336&type=3&theater
I took my children to Monroe Park On North Monroe and 12Th Street NW. There was nothing but cigarettes butts and matches all over the area where the benches are. Then my 10 year old son found a piece of broken glass that reeked of alcohol. This use to be a great place to take children. Now its NOTHING but TRASH
It’s not just Monroe park, it’s all parks. People don’t pick up after themselves it’s really sad. When I take my son to the park or a walk on the trail I take a plastic bag and we pick up trash. Just think, if everyone picked up trash the parks would look better. My son is only 4 years old and knows it’s bad to litter on Mother Earth he will say “mommy mother earth is crying because people threw their trash on her”
well i dont go to the other parks i currently dont have a car so monroe park is the closest to my house, but ya i know people dont care these parents need to teach their kids better im glad you are teaching your son the right way i will be teaching my 4 month old things like that when hes older
Wouldn’t it be nice if Bookmeyer and Trout and their 6 puppet council people would drop their city hall renovation $76,500 and spend it on the people they represent, maybe clean up this town, Monroe Park, enforce codes on businesses that stink this place up?? No, the Mayor wants a cushy new office and so do Trout to go with his $140,000 salary.
i know our parks need that money but they dont care about the children in this town or state even for that matter anymore. all i know is my kids wont be going there anymore
Wow, I just learned that Matt Groening, the creator of the Simpson’s may have just died. Is this true?
No, he just quit his comic strip.
http://www.kimt.com/news/state/story/Ambulance-driver-cited-in-Mason-City-accident/t5qCIA-S_U6b4uTLCAyhTQ.cspx
Really? Come on!
Does anyone know how certain people in North Iowa have been getting off on OWI arrests? A very serious problem stemming back to 2008
Yes they are family members of important people or sell houses in clear lake then suddenly it is not OWI it is public intox behind the wheel of a car. Perhaps the DA’s Office could explain it better since the lowered the charges brought on by law enforcement.
“Treason from within: the Russian attacks on America!”
My Blessed Child, I am your Father Yahweh, yea Jehovah, Most High God! My Blessed Child, the alarm bells are sounding for this nation! Very great alarm bells! And, you, as a nation, are sleeping! For, a Trojan Horse has entered into this nation! You have widely opened your gates, and the Trojan Horse has entered in!
While you, as a nation slept, they worked; and still you are in the dark about their works. What is this Trojan Horse, and who are these, who have entered into your gates, whose works will have remained hidden?
I tell you that this Trojan Horse is the Russian Operation in your nation. Their true intents and purposes have remained hidden from you, the masses! And, their works have been in the dark; and sadly for you as a nation, the leader of this nation bowed to them! He broke to their demands and he opened wide the doors of your nation to these infiltrators.
Do not be naïve! The Russians, who supposedly came in for joint, military exercises, have not left; and their joint experiences have all been terminated, except for some very few.
Now, their experiences are known primarily to themselves and to a very few at the highest levels of your government. For, their collaborative efforts are to keep in power the one, who is in power over this nation. And, their combined schemes are to destroy this nation and to put it totally into the hands of your enemies. Do not believe that the Russian troops have left! They have only gone underground.
You will see more underground nuclear explosions, like the underground explosion, which was reported in and around the Indiana/Michigan area. You have also seen that this nuclear explosion and its radioactivity were immediately covered up. For, when the Russians came, they brought nuclear devices.
Why would the Russians need to bring war planes into this nation; and why would you, as a nation, allow even one of their war planes to come into your nation?
When the Russians came, they brought nuclear devices. They brought explosive devices; and they intend to set off the New Madrid fault. They are viciously attacking the New Madrid fault zone with both nuclear devices and with their terrible weapons, which are known to cause earthquakes. They have also been busy setting fires and they plan to blow up nuclear power plants and to destroy dams.
They have been allowed into this nation for the sole purposes of destabilizing this nation! You will not recognize these Russian infiltrators. Their mannerisms and their training have been perfected so that they will neither be recognized, nor suspected as foreign. They are on your streets, in your tunnels, in your cities, in your subways, and in your countryside; and they have been brought in, brought into your nation by a few at the very top of this nation, particularly by your President. For, he will use their instabilities to get his iron grip on your nation. And, he will use their money to keep his place.Soon, devastating explosions will rip this nation from one end to the other.
You opened up and you allowed these troops and these many explosions to be brought in through Russian aircraft and vehicles. The plot is from within and the great treason is from within this nation.
I am showing you their works. I am not just telling you their plans; for their plans will come to pass in great measure. I am showing you their works: fires in New Mexico; fires in Colorado, nuclear explosions and various kinds of attacks on the New Madrid Fault lines. But, among their plans are planned attacks on your nuclear power plants, planned attacks on your dams and bridges, fires, fires all across this nation, many fires and explosions, and the planned release of poisonous gases! Yes, they plan to release the poisonous gases, and soon!
Now, you see! Now, you know! There is a president in this nation, who is a true Russian intelligence agent! He is one among them; and he has been one among them for most of his adult life.
Will one change the feathers of a bird? And, will this bird easily give up his power? He will not, for his controllers will not. And, his controllers are not just the Russians, but, as you know, his controllers also control the world’s wealth. Therefore, he will do as he is told to do; for he is Satan’s frontrunner, who controls the military and who will also bring this nation to its knees through the violence of this Trojan Horse; and also through the violence of the international banking cartel.
I tell you these important truths! For, soon, very soon, the poisonous gases will fill the skies and fires of all sorts will erupt all over this nation, fires and explosions, and a very great destabilization of the New Madrid Fault will take place.
And, you shall hear! Chicago is fallen! Chicago is fallen! Chicago is fallen, and so great are the numbers of the dead! For, Chicago is fallen and the city is broken, clean broken down! For, a very great earthquake will rip through Chicago!
Hear Me in this! The plans of their great works are to rupture the Great Lakes! See their evil works! See what they do! For, in this way, Chicago shall fall!
I am your Father, Yahweh, yea Jehovah, Most High God!
C’mon, Matt. How come you let this stuff on here?
Ya I agree the above post is creepy. Where do you draw the censorship line? Tough question.
Wow…. I think someone is paranoid with conspiracy theory.
Someones been watching to much Red Dawn
Well that explains the Ilyushin IL-62 that flew overhead on Wednesday. Should I be watching closely for MIG-29’s next?
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How about getting these people to blow up all the drug houses in Mason City?
WOW-what an imagination this guy has. He sounds like he lives in Peter’s house of pain.
I’m pretty sure he just lives in the house of copy and paste.
If you google “russians and new madrid fault” you will find a website called “Before It’s News” and this exact “message” is on that site word for word. I think the listing on google is something like “NWO Behind Explosions” (or something like that). It’s a cut and paste job. Scroll through the entire website if you want to see what other strange beliefs are out there on the web.
The reincarnation of Senator Joesph Mcarthy. Don’t worry folks my guess is that he is a drunk just like the Wisconsin Senator was.
No, George Bush. Any lib’ll tell ya that, Right Peter?
Matt- I really hope you having someone covering the Heaven is For Real kid tonight in Clear Lake. If this doesn’t show up on the site I would be very disappointed.
I just returned from the Book Signing. He was there with his boy Colton, wife, and sister in law…and some other young man, perhaps another son. After perusing the book, a few things came to mind. 1. The medical system is defunct in America. 2. I’m skeptical because the father is a minister, and it seems to convenient that the boy would have encountered the traditional characters from the Bible…Jesus, John The Baptist…declaring that God is a Trinity etc.. What about children that have no prior knowledge or exposure to such characters such as Muslim children or children in South American rainforests?
I want to believe in this charming and interesting story, but to me, with 1 million copies having been sold, and people desperate to believe in an afterlife and the Bible they were raised on…it could have been the right story for the mass consumers to go wild on. I’d say the pastor and his family are in it for at least 5 million so far in profits.
If I’m wrong…then I’m wrong…but my skepticism is healthy and for good reason.
Peter, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However I know a family who has a little boy who had a very similar experience. They were not church goers and never thought that they needed to be, however after the little boy’s accident and the events that followed they did start going to church. I am really curious about this event tonight and hope that NIT does cover it.
P.L. why don’t you go catch a buzz on something.
There will be a story.
Matt, I have been hearing some buzz around MC about a local tv show claiming hardship to the FCC to get out of offering closed-captioning. Didn’t they just win 85g suing the city?? Any ideas? Might be an interesting story.
Yeah google makes it too easy to find publicly available documents.
And yes something seems weird in the whole thing, seems like lack of disclosure.
Matt, is this going to be followed up on for a story? The more I google the more questions it raises.
I guess I would ask if this is true, why is KIMT allowing it. It is their station, no?
Not buzz, but factual. He or they were trying to renew their exemption, but failed to supply the FCC with sufficient documentation on financials.
The FCC had reversed the closed caption exemption status they got in 2006. Someone asked for a review, and had challenged that exemption.
Anyone else notice the current financial documents given look like they are from 1997 per the utility billing codes?
So everyone knows: A LOT is two words. It’s not alot or allot. It’s A LOT. A bunch. A pair. A basket. A lot.
Thank you, carry on with your day.
Mom, the one that gets me is your and you’re. They get miss used A LOT!!
Ummmmm… That would be “misused”. Thank you very much.
did anyone attend the flea market last weekend? under new management and I was wondering if they actually got any new vendors
Heard it went real well, and the two ladies in charge are real go-getters. Much improved operation.
Just read that the city utility rates are going up. Nice. Alliant has an interim rate increase on gas, even though gas prices have been down. Didn’t Alliant just get a electric rate increase last year? That compnay is greedy.
They aren’t greedy…didn’t you see the story KIMT had on tonight about Alliant offering tips to help people save money on thier bill?