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Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – It seems incredible, but there’s reason for optimism about a basketball team that closed its season by allowing 108 points in a second-round NIT game. If you
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO —Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, sentenced for falsely imprisoning his wife during a New Year’s Eve argument, apologized Monday and said, “I accept full
By Jay Price, McClatchy Newspapers – CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 68-year-old University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill physics professor with three degrees from Oxford University is being held in an Argentine prison on
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Air Force will modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its entire fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets after
WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds education and the Senate Education Committee, announced a $2,863,652 grant to the state of Iowa to help provide low-achieving schools
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Leaders of an Iowa trade delegation were upbeat after meeting Monday with China’s vice president and agriculture minister, despite cooling growth in China’s pork production and soybean
By Rick Pearson, John Byrne and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Illinois primary voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose nominees for the fall in races from the White House
By Jay Price, McClatchy Newspapers – CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 68-year-old University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill physics professor with three degrees from Oxford University is being held in an Argentine prison on
By Sammy Fretwell, McClatchy Newspapers – COLUMBIA, S.C. — Backyard cookouts, springtime gardening — even the sight of a colorful rainbow — are being ruined by the nauseating odor of rotten garbage in
MASON CITY, Iowa – March 19, 2012 – Several recent close calls reported by bus drivers in the Decorah area have prompted the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to clarify a specific
The City of Mason City Water Division is flushing water mains in the northwest quadrant of town, all areas west of Federal Avenue and north of Highway 122, starting Tuesday, March 20th.