Van Der Kamp an Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior punter Kirby Van Der Kamp is one of six Big 12 players nominated for the 2013 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The AFCA Good Works Team
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior punter Kirby Van Der Kamp is one of six Big 12 players nominated for the 2013 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The AFCA Good Works Team
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. A criminal information charging Halliburton with one
DES MOINES – Noah Diekhuis, from Sheffield, is this week’s winner of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Adventure Ready Gift Card Giveaway. Diekhuis won a $50 gift card generously donated by
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took actions to reinforce longstanding U.S. Government efforts to ensure that our extensive economic and financial sanctions on Iran – adopted to encourage
MASON CITY – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former Mason City man after he failed to show up in court this week. Aramis Windsor Sauers, 26, was
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the four-year anniversary of the last minimum wage increase, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rep. George
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today welcomed the confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Tony West as the Department of Justice’s Associate Attorney General. “Tony has served with distinction since he
MASON CITY – The NIACC Trojan basketball team camp begins Sunday and runs through Wednesday. A total of 36 teams are entered in the junior varsity division (12 teams), the varsity B division (14 teams) and
The federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with private student loan borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. Prudent workout arrangements are consistent with safe and sound
Remarks from John Kerry, Secretary of State United Nations New York City July 25, 2013 SECRETARY GENERAL BAN: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Secretary Kerry, welcome to the United Nations. I’d like
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today brought to the attention of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs and Intelligence Committees his concerns about Alejandro Mayorkas,
MASON CITY – Two allegedly drunk Mason City women were picked up in Rock Falls earlier this week as they searched for Rock Falls, authorities said. According to the Cerro Gordo County
WASHINGTON – Senator Mitch McConnell slammed President Obama on the Senate floor Thursday regarding the President’s latest pivot speech and the need for real solutions to grow the economy and create jobs.
By Chuck Grassley From food stamps to student loans, federal lawmakers must balance the interests of the taxpaying public with the interests of the public good. It’s part of the constitutional job
The federal government is sending reminders to the public that open enrollment starts October 1st, 2013 for the new Health Insurance Marketplace, part of the Obamacare system of health care insurance coverage.
MASON CITY – The Mason City High School renovation is wrapping up and the mobile classrooms used for eighth graders in Mason City are headed out of town. The classrooms were used
An Interview With: IOWA COACH KIRK FERENTZ THE MODERATOR: We’re joined by Kirk Ferentz. COACH FERENTZ: Welcome, everybody. Everybody that’s been up here so far, we’re excited to get started, certainly. And
MASON CITY – A nice upgrade is in the works at this time for campers at the MacNider Campground. According to Recreation Director Brian Pauly, a cable internet provider is just days
Des Moines, IOWA — Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau along with the Iowa State Patrol is honored to host fourteen (14) state highway patrol leaders, along with Administrator Anne Ferro of the
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Two Mexican nationals, who fled to the United States to avoid prosecution for separate murders in their native country, were turned over to Mexican authorities Tuesday following their
Remarks Secretary of State John Kerry Ben Franklin Room, Washington, DC July 24, 2013 Thank you very much. Assalamu alaikum. It’s wonderful to be here with everybody. And Farah, thank you for an extraordinarily gracious
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that “building America from the middle out” is an idea that he hopes Americans share with him. The president is planning a speaking tour where
DAVENPORT, IA—On July 18, 2013, David Vincent Gierlus, age 60, formerly an osteopathic doctor in Muscatine, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 96 months’ imprisonment
Federal authorities arrested eight people in the cities of Arroyo and Patillas, Puerto Rico, on July 18th on felony and misdemeanor charges for the illegal take, possession and sale of endangered sea
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sewer
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier Wednesday in federal court in St. Paul, a 22-year-old man formerly of Maine, pleaded guilty to making bomb threats at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America (MOA).
WATERLOO – On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at approximately 6:05 PM, Waterloo Police were dispatched to the Kum & Go Convenience Store, 1976 Franklin Street reference a shooting. Officers found that two
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota couple convicted of involuntary manslaughter were sentenced on July 11, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken,
Ten players highlighted on third annual list Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced today its third annual football Players to Watch list, with 10 players earning preseason recognition. The
The Big Ten Conference extends its relationship with the Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank and enters into an agreement with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl to secure a