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by Matt Marquardt – SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad joined four other midwest governors Thursday in touring a beef processing plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Branstad and Gov.
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested last night on a domestic violence charge. Samantha Suzanne Schrader, 19, allegedly sprayed her boyfriend with pepper spray yesterday at their home in the
A report from an employment selection company say that Iowa employers are somewhat optimistic about job growth in the near future. The report focused on small and medium sized businesses. According to
Editor’s note: BPI in Waterloo, Iowa is the country’s largest producer of “lean finely textured beef.” Some have called the product “pink slime.” The product is treated with ammonium oxide to kill
I just finished watching the video concerning the discussion on the 28E agreement which as been in place for forty years, this is between Mason City and the Landfill of North Iowa.
By Henry Pierson Curtis, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — In the roiling national debate over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one group has been conspicuously quiet: gun owners. The National
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — New claims for unemployment benefits dipped last week to their lowest level in four years in the latest sign of the continued, gradual healing
By Rick Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Say you own a 20-year-old car and intend to drive it beyond the year 2050. It will need some fixing. A challenge similar
By John Hoeffel, Los Angeles Times – (MCT) As the Republican presidential race has shown, the conservatives who dominate the primaries are deeply skeptical of science — making Newt Gingrich, for one, regret
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Moving with due speed, the Iowa Senate voted 48-1 Wednesday to restore status quo funding for the Iowa Workforce Development needed to keep the agency
AMES, Iowa – March 29, 2012 – A public auction of small equipment and miscellaneous items will be held by the Iowa Department of Transportation on its grounds in Ames Saturday, April 14,
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — Hy-Vee Food Stores reversed a decision to take “lean finely textured beef” off its shelves Wednesday, after receiving feedback from customers and Gov. Terry
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – March’s record-breaking warmth has brought motorcyclists out early, resulting in a string of fatal accidents in Eastern Iowa. “People aren’t watching for motorcycles in March,” said Phil
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, March 28, 2012: JUDGE BOWER INVESTITURE: Iowa Appellate Court Judge Thomas N. Bower of Cedar
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Federal authorities on Wednesday charged a Jet Blue pilot whose midair meltdown on a New York-to-Las Vegas flight forced his co-pilot to lock
By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Second-degree manslaughter charges have been filed against a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the accidental shooting of the woman’s toddler at a
By Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — A couple who say they were forced to leave their home after director Spike Lee re-tweeted their address to his Twitter followers has
By David S. Cloud, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — U.S. and NATO soldiers have been ordered to take extraordinary precautions against being shot by Afghan troops, including designating “guardian angels” to keep
CHICAGO—A federal jury today convicted a Crest Hill man of distributing and possessing child pornography, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and Robert D. Grant,
By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of glow sticks luminesced over the sold-out crowd at Gibson Amphitheatre on a recent Friday night. Prepubescent girls snapped cellphone pictures
By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles city attorney’s office charged singer Bobby Brown on Wednesday with three misdemeanor counts following his drunken-driving arrest in the L.A.
By Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – BAGHDAD — With its own initiatives having failed, the Arab League is expected Thursday to back a U.N.-led peace plan during a meeting in Iraq, where the
By David Smiley, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Miami Beach police say two Transportation Security Administration officers partied a little too hard Tuesday night, trashed their South Beach hotel room and then picked
By W.J. Hennigan and Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Four Navy civilian employees and three defense contractors have pleaded guilty to corruption charges related to a cash-for-contracts scheme at
By Jeff Weiner and Rene Stutzman, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Sanford, Fla., police marched a handcuffed George Zimmerman into police headquarters the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, and
By Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Casino titan Sheldon Adelson, who has almost single-handedly bankrolled a “super PAC” backing Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign, now believes Gingrich is “at the end
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney heads to Texas on Thursday to accept the formal backing of former President George H.W. Bush — another prominent figure in the
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden contrasted the Obama administration’s efforts to boost domestic manufacturing with what he said was Mitt Romney’s track record of
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Fearing that the Army may be mishandling the matter, the top senator on the veterans affairs panel said Wednesday that she has begun an investigation
JACKSONVILLE, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced that Joshua Jay Williamson (24, Jacksonville), made his initial appearance in federal court today in Jacksonville after having been indicted by a federal grand
By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Blessed with sound-bite sensibilities in an all-male scrum of long-winded gray suits, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi stood out in Washington this week as the
GREENBELT, MD—Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jeffery Edelen, age 42; and Kendall Taylor, a/k/a “Shamsideen Salaam,” age 40, both of Washington, D.C., today to 30 and 35 years in
LAREDO, TX—Several men have been arrested and charged in a conspiracy related to drug trafficking and/or an attempted murder-for-hire plot, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Kevin Corley, 29, and Samuel Walker,
By Michael Doyle and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The future of health care hangs in the balance, as do some political fates, with the conclusion Wednesday of Supreme Court arguments
The Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board ROW Vegetation Management staff will be giving away a portion of its stockpile of wood chips at Lime Creek Nature Center April 9-13. Chips will be
DAVENPORT, IA — On March 23, 2012, Eldonte Lamar Kirk, age 26, of Davenport was sentenced to 160 months imprisonment for possession of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, with intent to distribute
By Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune – CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Despite an increasingly complicated negotiation process, multiple sources confirmed to the Chicago Tribune late Wednesday night that Ohio’s John Groce has been hired as
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — After last year’s season finale of “The Killing” generated howls of indignation, the show’s blindsided creative team began worriedly plotting to win back
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that three Iowa fire departments have been awarded a total of $391,512 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday that its misconduct in the case against then-Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens was an isolated incident and Congress shouldn’t