Little Black Dress Night set for Thursday night
CLEAR LAKE – Little Black Dress Night will be held on Thursday, May 31st at The Island Bar and Grille in Clear Lake from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The fundraising event
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CLEAR LAKE – Little Black Dress Night will be held on Thursday, May 31st at The Island Bar and Grille in Clear Lake from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The fundraising event
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Twins lefthander Francisco Liriano admitted Wednesday that the club asked him to go to Class AAA Rochester earlier this month
By Rick Bonnell, McClatchy Newspapers – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats finished a single spot shy of a franchise player Wednesday night. The Bobcats will pick second in the June 28
Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King released the following statement today prior to the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft’s return to Earth later tonight. Before the SpaceX Dragon took off, student groups from across the
The Internet Crime Complaint Center has been made aware of a new Citadel malware platform used to deliver ransomware, named Reveton. The ransomware lures the victim to a drive-by download website, at which
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a 47-year-old Red Lake man pleaded guilty to assaulting a Grand Rapids man with an axe handle. Joseph William Howard, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of
By Bill Scott – PARIS — Roger Federer uncharacteristically let two match points slip away in a tiebreaker but cracked the whip in the ensuing set to notch another tennis record at
MASON CITY, Iowa – May 29, 2012 – The Alliant Energy Tree Trimming Team is constantly working to keep trees away from power lines, and soon, the team is coming to Cerro
Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY – The size and type of the fire at the Iowa City landfill make it especially difficult to deal with, according to a landfill fire
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – The fire at Iowa City’s landfill may bring changes at other landfills in the state. “We’re probably going to ask these questions,” said Alex Moon, supervisor of
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Iowa corn producers will be asked in July to decide whether they want to increase a per-bushel checkoff that raises money for research, promotion, market development and
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Iowa has a new drug “czar.” He’s Steve Lukan, 32, a five-term member of the Iowa House of Representatives who resigned his District 32 seat effective Wednesday
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched a $1.4 million ad campaign Wednesday attacking Mitt Romney as “just wrong for women,” injecting the
Well……I’m not going to beat a dead horse here. Everyone is quite aware of my position in these matters, it’s all been said before….but before I move on I want to say
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – This mayor, council and administrator continue to ignore the real problems in Mason City and make new ones, and people are taking notice. Case in point, the
By Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times – SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Nasty worked for the San Antonio Spurs. So did cutesy. There was Manu Ginobili midway through the third quarter Tuesday night
By Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times – SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Nasty worked for the San Antonio Spurs. So did cutesy. There was Manu Ginobili midway through the third quarter Tuesday night
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today named state Rep. Steve Lukan (R-New Vienna) as the new Director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy. Lukan replaces Mark Schouten, who Branstad named
Dixie Y. Schaer, 75 of 912 Fillmore Ave, Mason City, died Monday May 28, 2012 at Heritage Care Center in Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Friday, June
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003 hoping to contain a national epidemic. Nearly a decade later,
By John Bateson, Los Angeles Times – As San Francisco hosts a citywide birthday party for the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary, one thing that won’t be celebrated is the fact that the
Robert Stanton, Houston Chronicle – A Houston man faces up to 160 years in prison if he is convicted of 16 counts of possession of child pornography, a Harris County prosecutor said. Charles
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Americans who pick up the phone to call overseas have no way of knowing whether they’re on the modern-day equivalent of
Mark Newman, Ottumwa Courier, Iowa – AGENCY — Authorities are being cautious in releasing information as they continue to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred southwest of Agency. Lisa Techel, 23, was killed
Matt Levins, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa men’s golf team has become one of the elite programs in the nation in Mark Hankins’ seven years
By Thomas Lee, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy Co. Inc.’s plans to close 50 big-box stores by the end of the year is creating, at least temporarily, a consumer electronics
George C. Ford, CR Gazette – Iowa banks and savings institutions recorded strong improvement in the quality of their assets in the first quarter of 2012, according to data provided by the
By Harvey Fialkov, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — When Ray Allen, arguably the purest shooter in NBA history, misses 6-of-7 shots, including 4-of-7 free throws and 3-of-4 from three-point land as he did
By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — Dwyane Wade was known as “The Flash,” until deciding to drop the nickname before last season. Wade thought it was time to move on from
George C. Ford, CR Gazette – Iowa’s corn crop has emerged ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report, but a lack of rainfall is creating
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – The left field bleacher bums gave Alfonso Soriano the Andre Dawson “salaam” treatment Tuesday after booing him for most of April. “They know I’m working hard and
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – WEST BRANCH — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told employees at the Acciona Windpower wind turbine plant here that Congress will probably renew a key tax credit for
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A man who attempted to jump over the railing on the top floor of the Linn County Courthouse after being convicted for kidnapping a woman last year