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From the Mason City Fire Department – MASON CITY – The Mason City Fire Department responded to an alarm for a house fire at 1008 15th Street N.E. on Sunday, August 26th
MASON CITY – On August 8, 2012, at 6:42 PM, officers were dispatched to the 000 block of North Tennessee Aveenue reference an adult male subject in the callers property armed with
By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times – Isaac is now barreling toward New Orleans, slated to make landfall late Tuesday or Wednesday on the Gulf Coast. But the name on many people’s minds
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A federal judge has dismissed Wheaton College’s lawsuit against the Obama administration for requiring the evangelical Christian college to offer health insurance that covers
Adnkronos International, Rome – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Hundreds of Christian families on Monday fled the village near Islamabad where an 11-year-old Christian girl with Down Syndrome had been arrested for blasphemy, according
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the City of Coralville received $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to construct a portion of the Intermodal Transportation Facility. This
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Following up today on the Mason City YMCA arrests, where three individuals were arrested and booked on August 1st after an investigation into an alleged
CLEAR LAKE – A Nora Springs man caused minor injuries to two Clear Lake police officers at a traffic stop early Monday morning. According to police Chief Greg Peterson, Matthew Leon Regan,
MASON CITY – A family is asking that potential witnesses help solve a sexual assault case. According to details given to NIT, on the morning of June 16th, 2012 at about 1:30
By Stacy St. Clair, Steve Schmadeke and Ryan Haggerty, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Assuming the Drew Peterson prosecution rests Monday and the judge does not dismiss the murder charge — two highly
By Lolly Bowean and Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Fourteen-year-old Samaiya Butler longs for the freedom just to walk to the corner store or a nearby nail shop for a manicure.
By Christopher Leone, Cronkite News Service – WASHINGTON — Since March, someone has repeatedly banged on the front door of Felix Bermea’s Gilbert, Ariz., home, set bushes on fire and written profanities on
By Joseph Person, The Charlotte Observer – EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera wanted to see how his team would perform on the biggest stage – in front of
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — At the box office this past weekend, studios took “what’s been hanging around in their closet out and tried to make it
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — This might be the year to expect some surprises at the U.S. Open. Play in the year’s final tennis major begins Monday at
By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republicans convene in Tampa, Fla., this week not just to coronate Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate, but also to set the agenda they hope
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – TAMPA, Fla. — Ron Paul marked the end of his presidential ambitions at a raucous rally Sunday night with a message to the Republican establishment.
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – SHEFFIELD – Sourdough Days was celebrated this weekend in Sheffield, starting Friday with a City Wide Garage Sale and going through the weekend. On Saturday
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – The days are getting shorter and the evenings darker, but the competition at the I-35 Speedway is still blazing hot. The Hobby
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney said Sunday that he gained no tax benefits by investing in funds based in the Cayman Islands and other overseas jurisdictions,
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Bloodied bodies lay strewn in the streets, in basements and even in the cemetery in the besieged Damascus suburb of Dariya, site
By Curtis Morgan, Cammy Clark and Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald – KEY WEST, Fla. — Big but not bad. Tropical Storm Isaac huffed and puffed but blew little down other than
By Danny O’Neil, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Three weeks was enough time for Seattle to decide that Terrell Owens wasn’t going to fit into its future, and now it’s only
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ARLINGTON, Texas — Music thumped throughout the visitors clubhouse Sunday at Rangers Ballpark. It’s been a while since the Twins were party
By Kate Mather, David Zahniser and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — An “earthquake storm” continued to rattle Imperial County, Calif., late Sunday, with the region experiencing hundreds of
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – The American Academy of Pediatrics has shifted its official position on the contentious issue of infant circumcision, stating Monday that the medical benefits of the
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 10 Iowa State (1-2, 0-0 Big 12) played 10 sets of top-15 volleyball on Saturday, falling to No. 12 Florida State in five sets (23-25, 25-23, 11-25, 27-25,
By Randy Covitz, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During the offseason, Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel and his wife, Lauren, followed a nightly routine. (PHOTO: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel
Phaedra Haywood, The Santa Fe New Mexican – A Santa Fe woman says she is preparing to sue the New Mexico State Personnel Office because she was fired from her job there
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – GIRDWOOD, Alaska — As Shell Alaska’s effort to begin exploratory offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean runs up against a weather-related deadline in the Chukchi
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Fighting Irish are represented less than one pace to the left. An Oklahoma Sooner towers the same distance to the right. Smack
From the City of Mason City: The Mason City Police Department and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office are now accepting applications for the 2012 Citizen’s Police Academy. The 2012 classes are