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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A Hall of Fame coach, a defending Super Bowl champion and five First-Team All-Americans are among the former Iowa Hawkeyes who will be featured on the banners being installed
AMES, Iowa –Iowa State’s depth at wide receiver was bolstered with the announcement today that former USF football player D’Vario Montgomery will transfer to Iowa State. Montgomery signed his financial aid agreement
NEW YORK – A United Nations leader expressed shock at reports of alleged use today of chemical weapons in Syria’s Damascus suburbs, as a United Nations team continues to investigate the matter
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today released the following statement in response to the report issued by former Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Lou Lavorato following his independent review, which
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State volleyball team checked in at No. 15 in the Volleyball Magazine Top 20 Preseason Poll Wednesday. The Cyclones also checked in at No. 15 in the
MASON CITY – Mason City police and other law enforcement were searching for a culprit involved in an apparent stabbing incident late Tuesday evening. At least one person was said to be
MASON CITY – Details are sketchy in a case where a Meservey man claims to have shot himself in the leg with a firearm. According to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office,
by Senator Charles Grassley – They say history has a way of repeating itself. That certainly came true in June when the U.S. Senate approved a sweeping reform bill to revamp the
CEDAR RAPIDS – Teresa Dorenkamp, 42, from Mason City, Iowa, has been charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The charges are contained in an
Baltimore — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) seized $44,783 yesterday from a Nigerian man for violating federal currency reporting regulations. The passenger, who
DES MOINES – Boaters heading out for the Labor Day holiday will likely find busy waterways and lower water levels. Susan Stocker, boating law administrator and education coordinator for the Iowa Department
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold constituent meetings in 15 Iowa communities next week. With these meetings, Grassley will have been to every one of the state’s 99 counties this year
An indictment was unsealed this week charging Bernard Corbin, 46, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen property in interstate commerce, announced United
BEDFORD – A 71 year-old Iowa man who was held captive with his 66 year-old wife by an escaped convict in rural southern Iowa shot and killed the suspect Tuesday with a
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday designated Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai (Azmarai), a senior Al-Qa’ida official, and Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, also known as the Ganj Madrassa, a school
NEW YORK – About 30,000 Syrians have streamed into Iraq’s Kurdistan region since last week and thousands more are waiting to enter the country, the United Nations refugee agency said today, urging
San Diego, Calif. — A live half-moon conure was found concealed inside a woman’s handbag. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of
MASON CITY – The North Iowa Diversity Appreciation Team (NIDAT) is welcoming applications for the 2013 Embracing Diversity of North Iowa Awards. The awards were created in 2009 and are designed to