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By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a Pakistani hard-line cleric with a $10 million bounty placed on him by the United States because of his alleged
The following is from Cerro Gordo County Supervisor candidate Kyle Klinksiek of Mason City – — Good afternoon folks: I would like to thank everyone who has helped with my campaign. I
BALTIMORE—Wanda Henderson, age 56, of Westover, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement by a bank employee. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J.
By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — Two soldiers from the British army were slain in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday by a gunman dressed in an Afghan police uniform, the
Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – Andre Curry was in the living room playing with his 22-month-old daughter last December when he grabbed a roll of blue painters tape, bound the little girl’s hands
David Chanen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – A Fridley man entered a guilty plea Monday for forcing his 12-year-old stepdaughter to run outside in a diaper — her head freshly shaven — as punishment
MASON CITY – According to the NIACC marketing department, former President Bill Clinton will be at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) for a public rally Wednesday October 31. The public is
By Charles F. Gardner, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Here are 10 things to watch in the NBA: 1.) The Real 82 Players, coaches and general managers endured a strange 66-game season caused by
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – Walt Disney Co. has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in a surprise deal that gives the media giant control of the “Star Wars” franchise.
By Anita Kumar, Lesley Clark and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — In the final days of his final election, President Barack Obama is finding that a storm IS his campaign. After
By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told his team he wants them “leaning forward” in their response to the storm that has battered
By Andrew Tangel, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — U.S. stock markets plan to reopen Wednesday after being shuttered for two days following the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. The New York
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — After the campaign is over next week, first lady Michelle Obama said, she and her husband “will go back to normal where I
By Tina Susman, David Zucchino and Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — More than 200 patients were being evacuated from two Manhattan hospitals late Monday after backup power systems
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning in Mason City for their regular meeting. No road report was given as County Engineer Mary Kelly was absent.
By Michael Muskal and Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Floods and fires, seawater surges and electrical outages, fierce rains and lashing winds continued to pummel parts of the
By Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times – GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alex Smith was nearly perfect Monday, completing 18 of 19 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns as the San Francisco 49ers
DES MOINES, IOWA — Progress Iowa today released Do the Right Thing, an online video featuring former Aryan leader and author of Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead, Frank Meeink of Des Moines,
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State junior forward Jennifer Dominguez was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by College Sports Madness Monday. Junior midfielder Emily Goldstein was tabbed second-team honors
MASON CITY – Through the close of business yesterday, there have been 8,271 active absentee ballot requests in Cerro Gordo county. Here are some breakdowns: 1,513 … outstanding 6,758 … voted and
By Carlos Mendez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Jimmie Johnson knows how to win on the half-mile track at Martinsville Speedway. He knows how to win a Sprint Cup championship. Both facts were
The following is from Cerro Gordo County Supervisor candidate Chris Watts of Mason City – — Just wanted to take the time here and tell you again why I would appreciate your
MASON CITY – A new business is under construction on Mason City’s west side. A small structure is being built just east of the North Iowa Community Credit near the Wal-Mart shopping
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed major-disaster declarations for parts New York and New Jersey, sending additional government aid to those waking up to
CLEAR LAKE – According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, 50-year-old Donald Joseph Reuter was paroled from prison on October 9th after serving 5 years and 10 months in prison. Reuter had
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — With only one week left in the 2012 campaign, a major new Pew Research Center poll is projecting a relatively high level of voter
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — An appeals court in Daytona Beach, Fla., is now scheduled to hear Casey Anthony’s appeal of her four convictions for lying to law enforcement
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The Labor Department said it hopes to release October’s unemployment report on Friday as scheduled, despite the closure of the federal government on Monday,
By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star – This is a must read for women graduating from college: Don’t assume your first pay offer will be the same as what a similar male
By Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the second time during the presidential campaign, a group of African-American ministers in North Carolina has criticized Franklin Graham for challenging the
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — In the video of her 2007 beating by an off-duty cop, petite bartender Karolina Obrycka stands up to Anthony Abbate as he charges at her,
TAMPA, Fla. – Eleven convicted alien sex offenders and other criminal aliens were arrested as part of a four-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations
More than 100 Alliant Energy employees responding to Hurricane Sandy – CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Oct. 29, 2012 — Alliant Energy has sent more than 100 employees to help people on the
MASON CITY – The Mason City Council will meet for a work session on Tuesday and consider potential changes to the 28E agreement between the city and the North Iowa Landfill. The
By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The love affair between young voters and President Barack Obama that ignited his candidacy in 2008 and powered him to the White House seems like
By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune – Washing your hands after using the bathroom — not to mention after touching any number of public surfaces, from doorknobs to subway handrails to oh-so-disgusting toilet flush
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times – A federal appeals court Monday overturned the death sentence of California’s longest-serving death row inmate on the grounds that his defense lawyer failed to investigate and
By Judi Light Hopson, Emma H. Hopson and Ted Hagen, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – As our national election day approaches, more people are trying to enlist friends and associates to vote for their
By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift is having quite the month. Just as “Red,” her latest opus of lovelorn anthems, opened to massive first-week sales numbers,
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Anderson Live,” the daytime talker from CNN news personality Anderson Cooper, won’t be getting a third season from Telepictures, the syndicated division of