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Kathy Lynn Gray, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio – Michelle Phillips couldn’t believe what she was seeing. A wriggling brown puppy, locked in a crate, was slowly sinking into the chilly water…
by Matt Marquardt – Mason City Council meetings are beginning to have the look and feel of county supervisor meetings. Dull, boring, and no one shows up. It’s been said…
Larry Oakes and Curt Brown, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ST. CLOUD – Stearns County prosecutors have released Ryan Michael Larson without charges in the shooting of Cold Spring police officer Tom…
MASON CITY – NorthIowaToday.com has received multiple reports today that the IC Systems bill collection / call center will begin a series of layoffs and then close its doors on…
By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Unshaken by rising international criticism, Israeli officials confirmed Tuesday that they plan to proceed with two new settlement construction projects, including development in…
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS – Dwight Miller told his former investment adviser, who was sentenced Monday for defrauding numerous people out of their life savings, that he…
NORA SPRINGS – A rural Mason City man was hospitalized Sunday after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot while deer hunting Sunday afternoon. Jeffrey A. Esser, 29, was…
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors met for their regular meeting on Tuesday morning. At the meeting, the board set new dates for the next two…
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – An Orange City, Iowa man was arrested on multiple charges including operating while intoxicated after a serious three vehicle accident…
MASON CITY – Mason City police arrested two men Saturday morning for public intoxication. Police were already on the scene at Burke’s Bar, 1221 North Federal Avenue, at 2:13 AM,…
From Senator Amanda Ragan – When looking ahead to the 2013 session of the Iowa Legislature, continuing to create jobs and grow Iowa’s economy tops my priority list. We need…
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON—The number of homes in foreclosure dropped in October from the previous month and was down 9 percent for the year as the housing…
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Former New York Mets star and self-styled financial guru Lenny Dykstra, who was already sentenced to three years in state…
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of governors came to Washington on Tuesday to express concern to the White House and members of Congress…
By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Imagine a brazen burglary at the police precinct and you’ll understand what the Federal Trade Commission was up against. For weeks, consumers had been…
By Michelle Theriault Boots and Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News – ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Israel Keyes was a serial killer who traveled from Alaska to Vermont for the “specific purpose…
MASON CITY – The No. 3 NIACC men’s basketball team begins a stretch of three games in six days Tuesday night. NIACC (9-1 overall) plays at Rochester Community Technical College…
DES MOINES, IA — Two Des Moines men were sentenced for their roles in the use of Molotov cocktails in an attempt to destroy an apartment leasing office, announced United…
Forest City, Iowa – As temperatures started to drop in recent weeks, members of the Education Club at Waldorf College discovered they weren’t the only ones cold. “Education students working…
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Howard Stern has signed on for another season of “America’s Got Talent.” The outspoken radio personality made the announcement on his…
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM PAUL PATRICK, 68, of Glastonbury, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Warren W.…
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – Shoppers went hunting for bargains over the Internet on Cyber Monday in yet another round of retail mania this month, setting a record as…
By David Scott, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was happy and honored to win the Bronko Nagurski Award on Monday night. He’s the nation’s…
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — The offense the Green Bay Packers ran Sunday against Minnesota isn’t the offense that coach Mike McCarthy wants to run…
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting out the vote — on whether users can continue to vote on policy changes at the giant social…
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – With the presidential election and Superstorm Sandy behind them, car shoppers headed for dealer lots last month in the biggest numbers since early 2008.…
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday asked Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida — who led the Democratic Party in a triumphant election…
By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Cuba’s offer to swap U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross for five Cuban spies convicted in Miami is not at all…
By Ellen Cruz – MANILA, Philippines — More than 50 people were killed Tuesday, and some 57,000 displaced, as Typhoon Bopha hit the southern Philippines, with strong winds and heavy…
By David Lightman and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — A Republican proposal Monday to shave $2.2 trillion off projected budget deficits sets up a fiscal-cliff showdown with…
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Iowa’s 88-59 win Saturday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was the perfect opportunity to spread minutes throughout Iowa’s bench. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery…
By David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration asked a federal judge Monday to set aside a jury verdict in the infamous videotaped beating of…
By Kate Mather and David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times – NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — From the street, the tidy two-story ranch house didn’t stand out in the suburban Northridge tract northwest…
By Kellis Robinett, The Kansas City Star – MANHATTAN, Kan. — The first day of college football’s award season couldn’t have gone much better for Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein. He…
By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee – Are you trying to find just the right gift because last year’s coupon for the Chocolate-Covered-Meat of the Month Club was a flop? Skip…
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball team’s 42-point win over intrastate rival Drake was enough to propel the Cyclones (5-0) up two spots to No. 22 in this…
By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail, McClatchy Newspapers – CAIRO — Protesters Tuesday night stormed onto the grounds of the Egyptian presidential palace in a dramatic escalation of the crisis…
(Mason City) – December 2 – 8, 2012 marks National Influenza (flu) Week. Now more than ever, it is imperative to receive your flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control…
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