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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – On September 28, 2012, Aldo Parra, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. United States Chief District Judge James E.
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – At approximately 6:50 pm, Tuesday evening, the Mason City Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to 6th Street and South Delaware for a
MASON CITY – On October 3rd, Mason City Community Schools will be participating in the Healthiest State Walk as part of the Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative. This initiative is an effort to
By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun – Lady Gaga was slammed on the internet this week after adding 25 pounds to her normally svelte figure and is fighting back by promoting people’s
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — With polls showing Latinos overwhelmingly backing President Barack Obama’s re-election, Mitt Romney has shifted stands on the deportation of many young illegal immigrants,
By Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — No human remains were found in a soil sample taken from underneath a Detroit-area shed on Friday, bringing no new clues to the 37-year
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — After its last two films failed to resonate with American moviegoers, Sony Pictures Animation was back on top at the box office this
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: ——— OCTOBER 2: Dark Shadows — Warner 2: People Like Us —
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — HBO announced Tuesday that it has renewed “Boardwalk Empire” for a fourth season. The Prohibition-era drama, from Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”) and Martin
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Uneasy fans of “Revolution,” “The New Normal” and “Go On” can fill their DVRs with abandon as of now. All three freshmen
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of
By Gregory Karp and Ellen Jean Hirst, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Andrew Sobotka was delayed five hours last week on a flight back to Chicago from Las Vegas, where he and
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — American Honda Motor Co. is expanding an earlier recall of Acura TL sedans to include 572,000 model-year 2003 to ’07 Accord vehicles
By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge on Monday handed Samsung Electronics Co. a rare win in its patent feud with Apple Inc., agreeing
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – At today’s Cerro Gordo County Supervisor meeting, County Engineer Mary Kelly told the board that there are “deficiencies” in new asphalt that has been installed
DES MOINES – The Iowa State Patrol confirmed today that two men are dead today after a head-on collision on Interstate 80 in the Des Moines area. The accident occurred just after
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested for drug possession last week. Lewis M. Wheeler, 20, was a passenger in a vehicle Friday afternoon of September 28th when the driver
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at approximately 2:30 AM, Waterloo Police and Waterloo Fire Rescue were sent to 1109 Sycamore on report of a person injured with blood all over the place.
Bob Sansevere, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Questions With Bob … The Minnesota Vikings are 3-1 and atop the NFC North and, while he’s not giddy, coach Leslie Frazier certainly is enjoying
Richard Meryhew, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – The company that designed retractable roofs, walls and windows in two of the NFL’s newest stadiums will face the same challenge in downtown Minneapolis after winning the
Larry Oakes, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – LA CROSSE, WIS. – It was the Saturday night before Oktoberfest, and this old brewery town’s legendary drinking culture was limbering up for the marathon to come. One
WASHINGTON—Louis Barretta, 48, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.
Steve Gravelle – CR Gazette – The year’s warm weather across Iowa brought an increase in fatalities among motorcycle riders and boaters. Through Sunday, 49 people have died in 47 motorcycle accident
The U.S. Marshals Service-led Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team (DFAT) conducted a three-day sex offender sweep in the City of Detroit from Tuesday through today. DFAT — comprising the U.S. Marshals, Michigan State
Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Every season for the past eight, the Timberwolves and those who still cared about them looked forward to the proverbial promise of next year. This season truly,
Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – As market watchers await the kickoff of third-quarter earnings season this month, there’s ample evidence that the torrid pace of corporate earnings over the past couple
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – After five games, patterns have emerged in college football. Not full-pictures, perhaps, but plenty of data that can’t be as easily dismissed after it could following just
By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers – PHILADELPHIA — As legal challenges to voter identification laws slowly wind their way through the courts, opponents of the controversial measures aren’t just sitting around waiting
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Joshua Brady, 28, of Petersburg, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday, accused of masquerading as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and using that role to recruit others
Ray Richardson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman is confident the addition of several veterans, including former NBA all-stars Brandon Roy and Andrei Kirilenko, will not lead to a
Dee DePass, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Polaris Industries Inc. on Friday formally announced plans to more than double its product development center in Wyoming, Minn., while adding another 300 workers to the facility
Forest City, Iowa – Waldorf College’s Iowa Iota Chapter of the Alpha Chi Honor Society inducted 18 new members on Sunday, Sept. 30. Alpha Chi is the highest honor on campus, restricted
Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorneys’ offices together, with the department’s Criminal and Civil Divisions, representatives from the FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade
PHILADELPHIA—Marvin Gibson, 39, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for three armed robberies in Philadelphia. Gibson and his co-defendant Jackson Doggette, also of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to
MASON CITY – North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) is giving students an opportunity to sign up half-way through the first semester and still get a great start on a college education.
BUFFALO—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Crandall, 33, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny, to distributing child pornography. The
(Mason City) – The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, endorsed by Governor Branstad and supported by the Mason City Blue Zones Project will be highlighted by the return of the Start Somewhere Walk
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Zach Dillon has been named an interim assistant coach with the University of Iowa baseball program, UI head coach Jack Dahm announced Monday. Dillon, who served as a
By Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — The results from a Michigan State University forensic anthropologist who is analyzing soil samples that will help determine whether the remains of missing Teamsters
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking three North Carolina hospitals to explain their use of a federal discount drug program after news reports described how the hospitals charge their