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by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Around 10:30 am, Thursday, the Mason City Fire Department responded to a call of a fire at LD’s Filling Station at 620
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – August 16, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) and the Iowa
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – A story in the Ottumwa Courier caught my eye today. As Mason City’s City Hall pursues the privatization of its sanitation department, another similarly-sized city in Iowa
Jeff Linder, CR Gazette – Defending Class 2A state champion Monticello and 2011 3A runner-up Decorah are ranked No. 1 in their respective classes in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches preseason
Jermaine Pigee, The Hawk Eye – A short teenager with braces and thick glasses stuttered slightly when he asked Jim Jelinske, his guidance counselor, to stay in his office. Jelinske will never
K.J. Pilcher, CR Gazette – Open in the Dome. Close in the Dome. The latter is a dream, but the former is a reality for the Central City football team. The Wildcats
David Owens, The Hartford Courant – A Windham man is to be arraigned Thursday in Superior Court in Rockville on voyeurism and child pornography possession charges. Jacob A. Harper, 30, was arrested
By Stephanie Warsmith, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum told an Akron crowd his enthusiasm for Mitt Romney has grown in recent weeks because of
State and local leaders join owners for groundbreaking of emissions reduction technology projects Ottumwa, Iowa – August 16, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, along with
By Joseph Ryan and Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Two years ago, Roy McCampbell said in a Chicago Tribune investigation that he earned every penny of his $472,000 salary by
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A militant raid early Thursday on a northern Pakistan air force base with suspected links to the country’s nuclear weapons program has
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Ecuador said Thursday it would grant political asylum to Julian Assange, the controversial founder of the whistle-blowing WikiLeaks website who has been holed
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed in restive Kandahar province on Thursday, killing seven American troops and four Afghans, U.S. and Afghan
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – OXFORD, Ohio — He can rouse large crowds to giddiness, ascend private jets two steps at a time, and catch a baseball with one hand,
By Denise-Marie Ordway, The Orlando Sentinel – TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Trustees at Florida A&M University asked their attorney Thursday to try negotiating a settlement with the family of drum major Robert Champion,
By Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants flagged down a bus in northern Pakistan on Thursday and shot to death at least 19 passengers, local
From Waterloo police: “On Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at approximately 12:30 PM, Officer Adam Galbraith stopped in the 800 block of W.2nd Street to investigate an illegally parked car. When he looked
MASON CITY – A Rockford man has received a deferred judgment and probation as part of a voluntary negotiated plea agreement in a burglary case. On March 21st Cerro Gordo County Sheriff
MASON CITY – On Tuesday, August 14th, 34-year-old Joshua Kelly Winders received up to 10 years in prison during sentencing on an amended 1st degree theft charge. Originally Winders had been charged
By Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times – Nebraska’s Big Ten Conference indoctrination last year at Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium was more like a boot camp. The Badgers kicked the stuffing out of
Op-Ed by OneEyed – Anything news is newsworthy. To Everybody who is bitching about what is considered “newsworthy!” (If you find my language offensive, then perhaps you should stay away from FM
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – DUBUQUE, Iowa — President Barack Obama defended his Medicare reforms Wednesday as improvements that didn’t affect benefits for seniors “by a dime.” Countering a new critique
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — At some point this season or next, Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson will reward MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers with
By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — The editor in chief of the student newspaper covering the University of Georgia resigned Wednesday during a walkout involving several staff members. “The
Darren Douglass-Griffin, 35, a former member of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to a two-count bill of information charging him with
By Vaughn McClure, Chicago Tribune – BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — It’s hard for Jay Cutler not to salivate over red-zone scoring potential with Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery on the field simultaneously. If
By Douglas Hanks, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — In a state President Barack Obama needs to win, the incumbent should be pleased by the sales report from Tom Sarach’s staffing firm in
By Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press – STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Authorities said what appear to be human body parts were found Wednesday in a sanitary sewer inceptor line in Sterling Heights where
By Lesley Clark and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – DUBUQUE, Iowa — Americans already hate politics, and the latest ugly spat between the presidential candidates is likely to sour them even further. Donna
By John N. Mitchell, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — At least 10 minutes before new 76ers center Andrew Bynum strode into the atrium of the National Constitution Center, the 1,500-plus fans
By Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – DENVER — Done in by poor starts each of the previous two nights, the Milwaukee Brewers returned to a painfully familiar script Wednesday afternoon. Given
By Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – DENVER — For the first time since he became manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, Ron Roenicke gave Ryan Braun the day off because of his
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Another political candidate is getting a cease-and-desist order from another rock act over the unauthorized use of a song during an election campaign.
By Michael Finnegan and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney sparred over the future of Medicare on Wednesday in a battle to shape public
From Waterloo police: In July 2012, Waterloo Police received a report from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Cybertipline. The tip stated that inappropriate content had been discovered on a social media website.
From the FBI: There is a new “drive-by” virus on the Internet, and it often carries a fake message—and fine—purportedly from the FBI. “We’re getting inundated with complaints,” said Donna Gregory of
MINNEAPOLIS—A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charged seven individuals with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Heriberto Sanchez, age 24; Musaaleh Waheed Muhammad, age 35;
By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Will County, Ill., jury in the upcoming trial of Christopher Vaughn will hear evidence about a coded poem he wrote while jailed in the
Ruth “Gerry” Geraldine Knoop, 89, of Marble Rock, IA died on August 13, 2012 at the Rockwell Community Nursing Home in Rockwell, IA. Online condolences may be left at www.Fullertonfh.com. A funeral
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that 13 individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for drug conspiracy and distribution offenses alleged to have occurred in Jackson County and