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MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s said today that Thomas Al Peck was arrested and charged with Reckless Use of A Firearm and is currently being held in the Cerro Gordo
Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley – Audit Oversight Failure by the Department of Defense Inspector General Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Mr. President, with sequestration looming on the horizon, Congress needs
AMES, Iowa – Nov. 15, 2012 – Iowa is set to receive another economic boost with the opening of a new 26-mile, four-lane segment of U.S. 20 in northwest Iowa. A celebration
Convenient for College Students’ Home for the Thanksgiving Holiday (Mason City) — The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health will host a flu and immunization clinic this Saturday, November 17, 2012
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Chelsea Poppens has been named to the 2012-13 Naismith Player of the Year women’s early season watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today. The 50 player
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama held a news conference Wednesday to answer questions about his plans for the next four years. He made one thing clear: his job is to help American
By Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It would be easy to say that Clippers point guards Chris Paul and Eric Bledsoe were the show-stoppers during L.A.’s 107-100 victory
NorthIowaToday.com received the following from Cory Chodur of Mason City on Thursday morning, November 15th, regarding the deferred judgement he received on drug charges on November 13th: —— I find this article
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled west-central Mexico early Thursday morning, but government officials have reported finding little damage so far. The quake
NORTHWOOD – Council meeting minutes now confirm that Northwood Mayor Randy Severson and City Council member Teresa George both resigned at this week’s council meeting. Any reason for their resignations were not
MASON CITY – The North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force arrested Cory Chodur on February 14th for one Class B felony count of Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Deliver, one Class
MASON CITY – The true cost of the Maria Ohl settlement to Mason City taxpayers is fuzzy, but the city did not come out of the case unscathed, as a city official
By Annie Sweeney and Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—Throughout the 2 1/2-week trial, Karolina Obrykca displayed the steely countenance of a woman who would stand up to a man about twice
By Danielle Ryan, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — What began as a small group of citizens voicing their disappointment with President Barack Obama’s victory in last week’s presidential election, has turned into
By Joe Robertson and Donald Bradley, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Micah Moore made his first court appearance Tuesday morning to face a first-degree murder charge in the
By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — A journalist with Cuba’s Granma newspaper was sentenced to 14 years in prison for spying, a charge filed soon after he reported
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS – Add www.greatiowatreasurehunt.com to your Cyber Monday shopping list. Just in time for Christmas shopping, Iowa Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald will put 100 lots on the online
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Wednesday’s question to come out of Target Center: Is it better to have come back and lost or never to have come back
By Larry Stone, Cedar River Watershed Coalition Were the floods of 2008 trying to tell us something besides, “Gosh! What a lot of rain!”? What about the apparent trend to higher and
By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE—In seeking a death-penalty court-martial for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, Army prosecutors Tuesday portrayed the Lewis-McChord soldier as a methodical, deliberate killer who was lucid
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times – If retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus had gotten an occasional dose of supplemental oxytocin, a brain chemical known to promote trust and bonding, he
By Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — China’s leaders are often thought of as men with near-identical suits and hairdos. But among the 2,268 delegates to the 18th Communist Party
By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — That growly, barky delivery, those foot-draggy Southwestern vowels, the world-weary sighs. The voice on the phone could belong only to Tommy Lee Jones,
By Jerry Hirsch and Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times – Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday announced two safety recalls for its flagship Prius hybrid and a separate agreement to pay $25.5 million
By Juliet Fletcher, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – TRENTON, N.J. — Owners whose businesses survived Superstorm Sandy unscathed may have thought they got lucky but are likely to end up paying some
By Richard Fausset and Cecilia Sanchez, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — The Mexican federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that a high-ranking federal police officer had been arrested in the case
By Katherine Skiba and Todd Lighty, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has conducted private business ventures through a little-known government office that has cost taxpayers about $1.8 million,
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Tuesday that he “regrets” threatening to punch a Gazette reporter for asking him last
By Melissa Jenco, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A former treasurer of Dixon, Ill., pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud in federal court in Rockford for stealing $53 million from the coffers of
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has forfeited a Manhattan condominium and a Virginia residence with a combined value of nearly $2.1 million. These properties were purchased with the proceeds of
AMES, Iowa – Nov. 14, 2012 – Funding to improve the surface at 12 highway-railroad grade crossings in 2014 was approved yesterday by the Iowa Transportation Commission. A list of the planned
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball program and head coach Bill Fennelly announced Wednesday the signing of four prep standouts. The four players have signed to play for the Cyclones
Company files applications for a generation facility siting certificate and ratemaking principles with Iowa Utilities Board – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – November 14, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a
AMES, Iowa – The No. 19 Iowa State volleyball team (17-7, 10-3 Big 12) beat No. 20 Kansas State (21-6, 8-6 Big 12) on Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum in four sets (25-14,
COACH BLUDER: Well, if I can risk stating the obvious, it’s nice to have Jaime Printy back. You know, what can you say about that last shot? But her whole game tonight,
By Kim Murphy, McClatchy Newspapers – JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. — The case against U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales appeared at first to be horribly simple: Days after a bomb
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Is conference realignment again about to rear its head in major-college sports? Or will conferences be content to have member schools in several different nations? Residents in
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Soccer players who repeatedly strike the ball with their heads may be causing measurable damage to their brains, even if they never
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the liberal San Francisco congresswoman who became the first woman speaker of the House, will seek to remain the Democratic leader