Head on crash kills one, injures 4 in Northeast Iowa
Waukon, Iowa – A head on crash near Waukon, Iowa on Iowa Highway 76 on Sunday afternoon at bout 1:09 PM killed one person and injured four more. According to an Iowa
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Waukon, Iowa – A head on crash near Waukon, Iowa on Iowa Highway 76 on Sunday afternoon at bout 1:09 PM killed one person and injured four more. According to an Iowa
By Melissa M. Scallan, Anita Lee and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – GULFPORT, Miss. — Hurricane Isaac came ashore Tuesday night west of the Mississippi River, arriving as a lumbering and
MASON CITY – A young lady visiting Mason City from Europe over the summer has lost a passport and hopes for its return. On Tuesday at about 3:30 PM the woman mistakenly
WASHINGTON — As they approach their 40th birthdays, adults who smoked marijuana early and often in life face a higher likelihood of sheering off IQ points and performing more poorly on tests
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Nate Kaeding got back on the horse. The kicker from Iowa blew out his knee covering his first (and only) kickoff of the 2011 NFL season. So
Jeff Linder, CR Gazette – Iowa City Regina and Decorah are overwhelming choices as No. 1 football teams in the first Associated Press poll of the season. Regina carries a 29-game winning
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Sure, it’s an exciting time, the first week of the college football season and all. But it’s also the time of the season in which major-college programs
DES MOINES – The National weather service in Des Moines has issued a fire weather watch for the North Iowa area. “Critical fire weather expected on Thursday in far Northern Iowa,” says
An interview with: COACH KIRK FERENTZ THE MODERATOR: We’ll start with coach. COACH FERENTZ: Welcome, everyone. Just start out and let you know our captains this week were selected by the leadership
Jerry Lee Proctor, an inmate assigned to the Anamosa State Penitentiary, died Friday, August 24, 2012. Proctor committed suicide by hanging. Apparent cause of death is asphyxiation, pending autopsy. Staff responded quickly
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Aug. 28, 2012 – All lanes of Interstate 380/U.S. 20 in Evansdale will be open by the morning of Thursday, Aug. 30 as the reconstruction of the southbound
By The CR Gazette Editorial Board – Openness in government, as you would expect, is a subject near and dear to us. Last winter, The Gazette and several other newspapers contributed to
KANAWHA, IOWA – A person was killed late Monday while walking near Kanawha, Iowa. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, at about 11 PM Monday, a female walking northbound in
MASON CITY – A man from Iowa Falls who escaped a charge of 3rd degree sexual abuse from a May 29, 2011 incident with a minor is back in the slammer awaiting
PHOENIX – On August 22, 2012, David Diaz-Sosa, 27, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 25 years in federal prison, to be followed by five
MINNEAPOLIS – Earlier today in federal court, a 27-year-old felon from Moorhead was sentenced for possessing a .410-gauge shotgun. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Justin James Rodriguez to
From Rep. Sharon Steckman – As kids are starting back to school, there is more school bus activity on our roads and streets. It’s been over a year that seven-year-old Kayden Halverson
MASON CITY – A now-convicted local drug dealer will serve no jail time after District Court Judge Colleen D. Weiland sentenced Mason City drug dealer Timothy Lee Rucker for two class C
By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times – What has Michael Moore — and digital technology — wrought? Now anyone with a political agenda and low-cost digital camera can make a movie and
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – TAMPA, Fla. — You might think this would be a discouraging time to be a gay Republican. Social conservatives steered the party’s platform committee to adopt
Matthew Walberg, Steve Schmadeke and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. 5 p.m. Defense doesn’t
By James Rosen and Rebecca Cohen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department and civil rights groups told a packed federal courtroom Monday that Republican legislators in South Carolina
By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun – Baltimore police arrested five people last week accused of impersonating city tax collectors and going to the homes of elderly residents to rob them. These
By Abbott Koloff, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — A former New Jersey physics professor argued in court papers that the New Mexico-based website he allegedly ran for men to
By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As the No.1 late-night show for most of the past half-century, “The Tonight Show” has been vital to NBC’s fortunes. It was
By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — NASA is relying on a small team of engineers at its Ames Research Center at California’s Moffett Field to develop three nanosatellites
By Allison T. Williams, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) – SURRY, Va. — The founder and executive director of Dogs Deserve Better, a chained dog rescue that operates where Philadelphia Eagles quarterback
By Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — For months, Anthony Brown fooled his jailers into believing that he was just another prisoner inside Men’s Central Jail.
By David S. Cloud, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A Pentagon investigation into the burning of Korans at a U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan in February found that American soldiers ignored warnings
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Ever since hundreds of earthquakes began rippling through southeastern California over the weekend, many asked the question: Could this be a
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — With Liam Hendriks matching Mariners ace Felix Hernandez zero-for-zero Monday night, Justin Morneau put the Twins rookie in position for his first major
MASON CITY – Although Shannon Renae Lybarger, age 25, of Mason City has kept local law enforcement busy with at least six arrests that included 9 felony charges and 2 misdemeanor since
By Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – CHICAGO — After experiencing one too many white-knuckle ninth innings this season courtesy of an inconsistent bullpen, the Milwaukee Brewers’ offense took matters into its
By Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Friday will be Robin Roberts’ last day on “Good Morning America” before she goes on medical leave to receive a bone-marrow transplant,
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The New Normal,” Ryan Murphy’s new comedy series about a gay couple in Los Angeles and the woman they pick to
By Mitch Smith, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Two people have died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak linked to a downtown hotel this summer, Chicago Department of Public Health officials said
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – As anybody who’s watched The Discovery Channel knows, if you’re looking for moonshine, the place to start is in the foothills of south central and
Kent Leeroy Roe, an inmate assigned to the Luster Heights Camp, died Thursday evening, August 23, 2012 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Roe died of natural causes due to
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Beleaguered Turkish officials called Monday for international assistance to aid escalating numbers of Syrian refugees arriving at Turkey’s borders and French President
By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald – BILOXI, Miss. — Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis and Silver Slipper closed Monday as Tropical Storm Isaac approached. Chett Harrison, general manager of Hollywood Casino,