Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa I don’t think you’d have seen this coming a few weeks ago. Adam Rittenberg, the fine 24/7
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Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa I don’t think you’d have seen this coming a few weeks ago. Adam Rittenberg, the fine 24/7
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Standing next to the caskets of four slain Americans, President Barack Obama pledged the U.S. will honor their sacrifice by standing steadfast in
By Michael Muskal and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – Tens of thousands of people had to leave college campuses in Texas and North Dakota on Friday as officials ordered precautionary evacuations
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman didn’t play nice at a Clear Lake bar and now has been found guilty of assault causing injury. According to Clear Lake Police, Elizabeth Michelle
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – Anyone who has ever read NorthIowaToday.com knows that we never play favorites, and that this publication calls ’em like we see ’em. And we’ve been justifiably critical,
MASON CITY – Due to a violation of work release rules, mother-beater Timothy Patrick Winter is back in Mason City in the Cerro Gordo County Jail. As a result of beating his
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – 2-Minute Drill NORTHERN IOWA (1-1) at IOWA (1-1) IOWA RUSH OFFENSE VS. UNI RUSH DEFENSE A week after averaging 4.1 yards on 36 carries, the Hawkeyes were
By David Willman, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior Republican colleague voiced grave doubts Thursday about the viability of BioWatch, the nation’s
By Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Mitt Romney’s tough talk on China is getting more pushback from authorities in Beijing. On Thursday, the Republican presidential candidate released a new
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Washington, Sep 13 – House legislation passed Thursday to fund the federal government through March 2013 contains a provision that prohibits the Department of Defense from retiring any Air Force aircraft. This provision
Highway 122 construction in front of the high school has been finished. This new entrance/exit will be opened after school (3 P.M.) today, Friday, September 14. It will then remain open for
By Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune – GREEN BAY, Wis. — At least the on-field camera for this nationally televised game didn’t capture Jay Cutler shouting vulgarities at his offensive coordinator. That’s maybe
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS—With Trevor Plouffe in a month-long slump, General Manager Terry Ryan was asked before Thursday’s game if the Minnesota Twins needed to add another third
Members of the Iowa State Board of Education on Thursday approved their 2012-13 policy development priorities. Policy development priorities are established as part of the State Board of Education’s strategic plan each
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Barely visible in the dense fog at Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, , a 19-story rocket roared to life and boosted a
By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star – In a different time, Dan McCarney’s teams faced Bill Snyder’s by rule, when Iowa State and Kansas State shared a conference. That mostly didn’t turn
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The amount of carbon dioxide emitted from energy production declined in the U.S. in 2011 — the third time in four years
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — New York City could become the largest jurisdiction to establish a registry for animal abusers, similar to the ones for sex offenders, if
MASON CITY – A Mason City resident asked that a reminder be posted about the use of traps. Each city may have a different ordinance dealing with the use of traps. The
Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Regarding the Economic Situation and why There is No Alternative to Pro-Growth Policies Thursday, September 13, 2012 Mr. President, We all recognize that our nation faces challenging
By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The wild-card races are heating up. Well, in the American League anyway. The word “race,” as applied lately to the National League challengers,
By Diana Moskovitz, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Broward prosecutors charged former Miami Dolphins player Chad Johnson on Wednesday with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. The charge is connected to Johnson’s
By Steve Rosen, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — High-tech hotbeds such as Silicon Valley, Boston and Seattle aren’t the only areas of the country attracting concentrations of fast-growing businesses.
By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers – MEXICO CITY — The arrest of the alleged kingpin of the Gulf Cartel is likely to send a further jolt of instability across Mexico’s violent northeastern
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Dubuque Regional Airport will receive nearly $9 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and matching state and local funds
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — When Led Zeppelin announced five years ago that the band’s surviving members would reunite for the group’s first headline show in 27 years,
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has received a “2012 Guardian of Small Business” award from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for his 100 percent voting record on behalf of small-business
By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Remove Notre Dame from the Big 12 expansion list. The Irish are headed to the ACC, competing for championships in all
By Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — California startup Tesla Motors claims to be ahead of traditional automakers in the battle for electric-car supremacy, one of the company’s high-profile investors said
Zach Wahls to headline grassroots kick-off this weekend DES MOINES – The newly formed Justice Not Politics Action today announced the launch of ‘Yes on Retention’ — a voter outreach campaign to
By Bob Warner and Angela Couloumbis, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA —Lawyers on both sides of the state’s new voter ID law argued for close to an hour and a half Thursday
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals Service added a convicted child predator to its 15 Most Wanted fugitive list today. Clyde Hall Jr., a career sex offender, who is wanted in the Northern
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Wholesale prices jumped 1.7 percent in August from July — their largest gain since June 2009 — as the cost of food
LOS ANGELES – Ten Mexican nationals and three U.S. citizens made their initial appearances in federal court Monday on drug charges stemming from their alleged role in an effort to smuggle nearly
By Harriet Ryan and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—One ran a low-profile Christian charity from a sleepy suburb east of Los Angeles. The other was a financially strapped gas station
By Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal – One of the most lucrative movies of all time is about to pull even more bucks from your pockets. It’s James Cameron’s “Titanic,” second only to
AMES, Iowa – No. 25 Iowa State (5-4, 0-0 Big 12) plays its biggest match of the season on Saturday, hosting top-ranked Nebraska (8-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – Roughly four months after doctors repaired the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Derrick Rose said he started jumping “a couple of days ago” and
MASON CITY – Painting the Wind, Chasing the Seasons: Richard Leet, A Retrospective Exhibition Spanning Over Fifty Years of Creative Expression opens on Friday, September 14. The exhibition will be unveiled during