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MASON CITY – The following information was released by the NIACC sports department on September 3rd, 2013. VOLLEYBALL What’s next: The NIACC volleyball team returns at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Southwestern Community College in Creston.
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry told the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Tuesday that the world is watching how the United States will react to the reported use
DES MOINES – The Associated Press reported Tuesday that a division of the Iowa Department of Human Rights over-billed a state agency by about $25,000. A fee of $40,000 was charged to
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Tuesday met with Congressional leaders in Washington on the crisis in Syria involving the use of chemical weapons on citizens there. “We have high confidence that Syria
Washington – The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has prequalified three firms for preconstruction and construction services for the new U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. The successful
MASON CITY – Thousands of dollars were spent on the Mayor’s Bike Ride event in Mason City, which 17 people participated in. According to City officials, in 2012 a Youth Action Team
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors held its regular weekly meeting Tuesday at the courthouse A road report was given by County Engineer Mary Kelly. She stated that
(Mason City) — The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health’s Immunization Clinic will begin offering flu vaccines to the public at the Health Department starting Monday, September 16, 2013. In addition
Washington– Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released the following column on August 28th, 2013: “Recently, I had an opportunity to sit down with community and business leaders in West Chester and Springfield
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that a Mayor’s bike ride held this weekend in that city drew it’s largest crowd ever. The event drew about 400 participants, according to
PYONGYANG – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea at this time, meeting with Supreme leader Kim Jong Un, whom Rodman calls a “friend.” It was reported that Rodman
WASHINGTON – President Obama called Japan’s Prime Minister Monday evening. The President and Prime Minister Abe spoke by telephone yesterday evening to discuss their grave concern about the use of chemical weapons
CHICAGO—A former Chicago White Sox scouting executive was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for accepting approximately $440,000 in kickbacks from the signing bonuses and contract buyouts that two of
(DES MOINES) – The Connect Every Iowan initiative is drawing wide praise following this morning’s announcement by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. The following are statements put forth by
A recent poll shows that African Americans still feel disadvantaged in getting jobs, just as they did in 1963, 50 years ago. According to a Gallup poll of 1,001 blacks completed Aug. 9-22, Sixty
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse of a child and sexual contact with
MASON CITY – A man in jail numerous times in recent months is back behind bars again after missing a court date last week. Jeffery John Hargis, 45, had a court date
HOUSTON—Alexander Joseph Johnson, 24, of Houston, has been indicted on charges of sex trafficking of a 15-year-old female, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Johnson was arrested on August 6, 2013,
MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday in federal court in Duluth, a 44-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced for causing serious bodily injury to a woman after assaulting her while on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. On
HOUSTON—Donald Post, of League City, 68, has been indicted for production and distribution of child pornography involving a 4-year-old minor female, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The indictment was returned
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bismarck, North Dakota man charged with transportation of child pornography was sentenced on August 23, 2013, by U.S. District Court Judge Charles B.
MASON CITY – A Mason City man previously convicted of two violent felonies is behind bars at this time for allegedly violating a no-contact order connected to his latest assault charge. According
WATERLOO – On Thursday, August 29, 2013 at approximately 5:22 AM, Waterloo Police and Waterloo Fire Rescue were dispatched to Highway 20 and Highway 218 on report that a motorcycle had struck