Corn planting sped ahead last week despite rains
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Planting of the corn crop surged ahead last week until rains set in, reaching 50 percent completion across Iowa, the USDA reported. The USDA’s weekly crop report
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Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Planting of the corn crop surged ahead last week until rains set in, reaching 50 percent completion across Iowa, the USDA reported. The USDA’s weekly crop report
AMES – As noted in a previous press release, officers of the Ames Police Department have been investigating a robbery which occurred on March 21, 2012, in which two suspects forced their
Christie Pearson Brandau is a retired State Librarian and an adjunct professor for the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. Ms. Brandau served as State Librarian of Kansas
By Walter Hamilton, Jim Puzzanghera and Andrew Tangel, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Lawmakers and others say disclosure at financial institutions should be beefed up. Calls for reforming Wall Street
The U.S. Census Bureau on April 25th released a 2010 Census brief, Households and Families: 2010, that showed interracial or interethnic opposite-sex married couple households grew by 28 percent over the decade from
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins local health partners and the CDC in reminding Iowans that May is Skin Cancer Awareness month. The rate of melanoma diagnoses in Iowa has
From the White House: The U.S.-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace, security, and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. This partnership has underwritten the dynamic growth and prosperity of the region for
President Obama discusses a new Executive Order designed to crack down on the bad actors who prey on our veterans and service members considering higher education.
By Gary Marx and David Jackson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO —Prosecutors said Monday that they are ending their decade-long effort to extradite a former Roman Catholic priest who fled to India shortly before
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers reserve forward Jordan Hill was charged with a third-degree felony Monday for allegedly choking a woman with whom he was
By Michael A. Memoli and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday called the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing a time for “reflection” and denied that there’s
By Anne Blythe, McClatchy Newspapers – GREENSBORO, N.C. — The wife of John Edwards’ former aide Andrew Young testified Monday that Edwards knew of the checks coming from his wealthy supporters and gave
By JT Nguyen – NEW YORK — The skyscraper that is to replace New York’s World Trade Center twin towers, destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be taller than
By Amy Pavuk, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s defense attorney has established a new website, Facebook and Twitter accounts to provide details about the high-profile, controversial case. On gzlegalcase.com,
by Matt Marquardt – CLEAR LAKE – The Clear Lake Council will meet Monday evening for a special meeting. Read the council packet here for detailed information. Among the items to be
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — State government is slated to end fiscal 2012 with an estimated $595.5 million in reserve — the largest since spending limitations were enacted in
MINNEAPOLIS – After losing the first two games of the weekend series by one run, the Iowa baseball team posted a thrilling 5-4 one-run win in 12 innings over Minnesota Sunday in
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Oh What a Night. As the clock approached and moved well pass midnight Monday in Iowa, three current pupils of Iowa State head coach Corey Ihmels and a
By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — “The Avengers,” with its all-star lineup of Marvel superheroes, is one of this summer’s most eagerly awaited movie events. With the Incredible Hulk,
Statement by Senator Joe Bolkcom, chair of the Ways and Means Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee – “Governor Branstad, your reckless rhetoric has helped bring Iowa to the point
By Betty Lin-Fisher, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Charles and Helen Williams have seen the rapidly falling prices of natural gas. But the couple heat their rural Copley Township, Ohio,
By Claudia Buck, McClatchy Newspapers – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Who wouldn’t want to get paid to go shopping? That’s partly the allure behind “mystery shopper” scams. While they aren’t new, these phony
PEORIA, Ill. — Two Central Illinois women have pleaded guilty of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods. The two woman conducted business as “The Purse Lady” and sold counterfeit items. They each
AMES, Iowa – April 30, 2012 – Iowa’s warm winter and early spring have farmers more ready than ever to get into the fields for spring planting, meaning Iowa motorists will soon
By Michael Cunningham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — After two-time All-Star Al Horford went down with injury and some observers wrote off the Hawks, they quietly stayed the course while posting
By Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times – MEMPHIS, Tenn. — They piled onto the court after it was all over, every Los Angeles Clipper looking for a teammate to hug, to rejoice
By Sam Mellinger, McClatchy Newspapers – The most despised entity in sports now has an expiration date. College football’s infuriating BCS system is set to die in two years, and once we’re
We’re sitting on the threshold of the fifth month of 2012. As far as we all know we currently have zero prospects on the horizon as it pertains to economic development. All
The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health is pleased to announce another component to the “Bringing Wellness Home” campaign encouraging residents to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors. Daniel Wright and Rebecca Meyer,
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – The North Iowa Events Center hosted the Circle C Rodeo, Mason City Bull and Barrel Bash Friday and Saturday night. When the
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Matt Pizzo has a law degree, can-do attitude, proven leadership skills, and expertise in communications and satellite technology from his four years in
Ray Richardson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – David Kahn has been in this position before as the Timberwolves’ president of basketball operations – four times, to be exact. Kahn is facing yet
By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times – MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio — Hope has been absent for so long from Appalachian Ohio that many people have forgotten what it’s like. Idle steel mills
By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama poked fun at his Republican rivals Saturday night, but didn’t spare his own Secret Service, secretary of state or even his past
By Ken Dilanian, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan Sunday defended the administration’s campaign of drone missile attacks against militants while acknowledging that the airstrikes have sometimes
By Ryan Haggerty, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago police “do not intend to enforce” the Illinois eavesdropping law during next month’s NATO summit, the city’s corporation counsel said in the city’s first
By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times – CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The drug runners call it “el mosco,” the mosquito, and one recent evening on the southern tip of Texas, a Predator B
Submitted by an NIT reader – MASON CITY – The Hardee’s Classic baseball tournament wrapped up Sunday evening. All the games were played on the north side of Mason City at Holcim
By Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A simmering trade dispute is highlighting a debate about the kinds of jobs America can sustain in a greening economy. The Obama
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — There’s a chance the Green Bay Packers will have the NCAA’s all-time leading receiver on their roster. You know, the guy