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MASON CITY – The City of Mason City, Iowa, is taking applications for the Civil Service Commission entrance examination for the full-time position of Police Officer, which consists of a physical fitness
MASON CITY – The City of Mason City, Iowa, is taking applications for the full-time position of Cemetery Equipment Operator. This position provides cemetery services through the care of grounds, preparations for
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa wrestling team opened the 2013-14 season winning 12 individual titles Saturday at the Luther Open. Iowa swept 10 weights in the Elite Division and
AMES – The Iowa State wrestling team (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) had 12 top-five finishes at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open Saturday, led by No. 4 Michael Moreno who took home the
Des Moines – Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer will deliver the featured address at the 2013 Progress Iowa Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 18th at 6:00 pm at the Meadows Events and
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced Thursday that it will close its Fort Dodge, Ankeny, Mount Pleasant and Washington facilities in Iowa. The health centers will be closed by December 12, 2013.
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications – University of Northern Iowa head men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson announced the signing today of Wyatt Lohaus (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa City West HS) to a National Letter-of-Intent
Courtesy: cyclones.com – NORMAN, Okla. –The Iowa State football team (1-9, 0-7 Big 12) fell to the 22nd-ranked Oklahoma Sooners (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) 48-10 in front of a crowd of 84,776
WATERLOO – Police in Waterloo have had their hands full over the last couple of days as violence has erupted and a teen is dead. According to police, on Thursday, November 14,
On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn’s shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings —
MASON CITY – Mason City police were responding to the aftermath of what was called a large fight early Saturday morning. The incident took place at the 400 block of 10th Street
WASHINGTON, DC – Planned Parenthood Federation of America is applauding legislation introduced last week that would block state restrictions on access to abortion. The bill would protect a woman’s ability to make
AMES, Iowa – Matt DeLisi says it would be a mistake to change federal sentencing guidelines in an effort to reduce prison overcrowding. DeLisi, a professor of sociology at Iowa State University, testified before
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley As its market share dips, Big Oil is doubling down to swat down its perennial piñata. This time around, petroleum producers and food conglomerates are using environmental
FOREST CITY – Waldorf College’s Creative Writing Department and the Luise V. Hanson Library are hosting a reading by Waldorf faculty member and author Tim Bascom on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7
Port of New York/Newark, N.Y. — CBP officers and investigators of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) seized potentially dangerous toys as the holiday season rapidly approaches. On October 28 – 29,
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – A journey that began in Baghdad involving an Iraqi native, who used her unique, dual-language skills to help the United States’ military, took a new turn after she
NEW YORK – With substantial progress in opening up airports and clear roads in typhoon-hit regions of the Philippines, United Nations agencies and partners are scaling up their support of Government efforts
AMES, Iowa – The No. 24 Iowa State men’s cross country team finished third at the NCAA Midwest Regional this afternoon behind a fourth-place individual finish by Cyclone senior Mohamed Hrezi. The
By Karen Parrish American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2013 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that as the world becomes ever more complex and war-weary and Americans turn their
NEW YORK – While there has been good progress so far in the effort to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, a great deal of work remains, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
By Specialist 2nd Class Shannon Heavin – AT SEA – The George Washington Strike Group (GWSG) arrived in the vicinity of the Leyte Gulf, Nov. 14, to support the Third Marine Expeditionary