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DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad today announced that Audubon and Grundy counties, which were affected by severe weather in June, have been added to the Presidential Disaster Declaration granted July 31,
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Department of Athletics announced today that nine former UI football student-athletes will be commemorated with the introduction of the “Kinnick Stadium Wall of Honor.”
NEW YORK – Retailers continue to deal with consumers’ uneven shopping patterns this past week as weakness was once again seen across retail categories. As a result for the week ending August
WEBSTER CITY – A state trooper who was nabbed for speeding while driving Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on an Iowa highway failed to show up for court Tuesday and was thusly convicted
Woodbury County, IOWA – On August 17, 2013, at approximately 8:00 p.m., 32 year old Thomas Huisman, an inmate at the Woodbury County Jail, was found unresponsive in his cell. All attempts
FOS, France – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team finished its European trip strong with a convincing 92-78 victory over Fos-Quest Tuesday evening. The win improved the Hawkeyes’ record to 5-1
Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East cargo facility intercepted almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana worth a million dollars hidden in a shipment of alfalfa. The
WASHINGTON – U.S. Ambassador to Benin, Michael Raynor, broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy in Cotonou today. The multi-building complex will be situated on an 8.8-acre site along the Boulevard de la
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that William Knox, age 64, was sentenced today in Omaha by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 12 months plus one day
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux City, Iowa man convicted of kidnapping and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and a Homeland, California man convicted of
A recent Gallup poll suggests that most women do not feel that they were unfairly denied a promotion. According to the poll, from Gallup’s annual Work and Education survey, conducted Aug. 7-11,
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning for its regular meeting. The board heard a road report from County Engineer Mary Kelly who said repairs to
ROCK FALLS – A Mason City man involved in a one-car accident late Monday night is now in jail on several charges. According to a report, Cerro Gordo County Sheriffs received a
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in July from 4.6 percent in June, but remained substantially below the July 2012 rate of 5.5 percent. In contrast,
DES MOINES – AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement regarding the escape of Rodney Eugene Long from Clarinda Correctional Facility on Friday: “First, I would like to
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed Executive Order 82, found here, which immediately holds the Iowa Juvenile Home to higher standards of care. The Iowa Juvenile Home will be
MASON CITY – Long-time Globe Gazette contributor, blogger and local political guru Todd Blodgett this weekend left a series of what some called incendiary comments at the Globe Gazette’s website that their
CHICAGO — A Polish national, who bragged that he could blow up a Chicago bridge during the NATO Summit in Chicago in May 2012, was deported to Poland Wednesday by U.S. Immigration
LOS ANGELES – A federal drug task force arrested 18 people Thursday linked to three drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico inside PVC pipe typically hidden in the axles of
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 361 individuals in July and August during a nationwide gang operation targeting members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) transnational street gang.