UNI Ranked No. 15 in Phil Steele’s Preseason Poll
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Northern Iowa football team has been tabbed as the No. 15 team in the Phil Steele FCS Preseason Top-40 poll it was announced today by the Phil
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Northern Iowa football team has been tabbed as the No. 15 team in the Phil Steele FCS Preseason Top-40 poll it was announced today by the Phil
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was picked up Wednesday afternoon for shoplifting. Susan Marie Schultz, 55, of Mason City, was arrested at Shopko just before 2 PM after police were
Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas – Country singer Randy Travis faces a charge of driving while intoxicated and retaliation against a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper after he was found
By Brandon Ross, Cronkite News Service – WASHINGTON — Rep. John Conyers didn’t speak a word of English at Thursday’s hearing on a bill to make English the official language of the nation,
By Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings made their last match together one to remember. The legendary beach volleyball duo won their third straight Olympic gold
By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Did Curiosity capture the galactic equivalent of the Zapruder film when it landed on Mars? Seconds after the NASA robot’s landing
By Nancy A. Youssef and Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – CAIRO — Deploying its air force for the first time in nearly 40 years, the Egyptian military launched an air offensive in the
By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times (MCT) DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney doubled down on his welfare attack against President Barack Obama on Wednesday, and outlined his five-point plan to help
By Molly Hennessey-Fiske and Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times – The former girlfriend of Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page said in an exclusive email to the Los Angeles Times that she wanted
By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times – Shaken by defections and rebel encroachment on its strongholds, the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is thought by some in the international community to
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – What does it take to get the public involved in an issue? There were strong opinions on the Chamber of Commerce statue debacle, judging from the comments
MASON CITY, IOWA – United Way of North Central Iowa would like to invite community members to the 2012 Campaign Kickoff. Please join United Way at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, August 16 at
MASON CITY – At 8:00 a.m. Thursday, August 9, the water main will be shut off for installation of a new valve and replacement of water main at 6th Street SE and
DENVER—Ray William Sievers, age 29, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 37 months in federal prison for assaulting his 4-month-old daughter,
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the availability of the 2012 mobile site developed in partnership with the Iowa State Fair and Iowa Interactive. The
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, today, issued statements on the USDA disaster designation of four additional Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas and six counties
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS – A visit to one of northeast Iowa’s largest employers illustrated the impact of federal policy, Republican congressional hopeful Ben Lange said after a
By Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled Southern California on Tuesday night. The quake was reported at 11:23 p.m. and was centered around Yorba Linda in northern
MASON CITY – Main Street Mason City’s Marty Walsh painted a rosy picture for the city council Tuesday night on development in downtown Mason City. Since May, Walsh listed several new businesses
By Kim Murphy and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Police arrested a former girlfriend of the gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple, saying an unauthorized
From State Senator Mary Jo Wilhelm – (DES MOINES) – “You have to call Des Moines” is the new motto at local Iowa Workforce offices around Iowa. This change is the latest
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – SAN DIEGO — Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum isn’t much for clubhouse speeches, preferring to give his players a chance to figure things out on their own.
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government’s effort to dismantle Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel is a war with multiple fronts. The latest is the tiny tourist
By Dee DePass, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Two years ago, Calibur11 in Duluth, Minn., did what any other cash-strapped manufacturer looking to prune costs would do: Turn to China. But the
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – “Hope Springs” is a return to the classic romance. Seasoned actors Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep play a long-married couple who have reached apathetic levels. Arnold
By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Twenty seconds into “Enough Said,” the posthumous Aaliyah single that Drake released Sunday, it’s impossible not to feel an eerie chill. When
By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A gay artist who said he painted graffiti on the wall of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Torrance, Calif., said he did not mean
COACH FERENTZ: Certainly welcome to everybody. It’s good to get started. It’s a little different for us, the routine. Have been on the field for four days already, so maybe a little
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Iran’s top security official reaffirmed Tehran’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday as the United States warned of a potential proxy
AMES, Iowa – Cyclones Kristen Hahn, Alison Landwehr and Jamie Straube have been named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the league office announced Tuesday. Iowa State, Texas and Kansas State led
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court Tuesday threw out a lawsuit by lawyers for an Islamic group that charged the federal government had illegally wiretapped
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — With the Olympics winding down and a swing-state bus tour planned for the weekend, the attention of the political world is intensely focused
By Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Imparting the importance of saving money to children, teens and even young adults is no small challenge. A few good websites, however, offer tips for parents
MASON CITY – Convicted 30-year-old sex offender Joseph Charles Hill was released from prison after serving four years of a ten year sentence on July 31st. Hill is to complete his sentence
By Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — In the end, the most hyped Olympian was also the most alone. Lolo Jones finished the 100-meter hurdles in a desperate lunge, stood by
By Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – LONDON — It was the epitome of the instant classic, a riveting match that ended in the 123rd minute, included a hat trick by a player
MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday in federal court, a 39-year-old St. Paul man was charged with filing a false insurance claim for $250,000. Jason William Sheedy was charged via an information with one count of wire
By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – BRITT, IOWA – Britt, Iowa is famous for its annual Hobo Days where hobos and friends from across the country and literally around the world
By Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal – Q: A couple of years ago I viewed a movie on TV with Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen, it was very good and I wonder if
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Federal Aviation Administration appears to be changing its rules about some air traffic control procedures in the wake of an incident last