MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Milwaukee, Wisconsin man has been charged in federal court for transportation for prostitution, coercion, and commercial sex trafficking. Thomas Alexander Roberts,…
Day: December 5, 2013
Third-ranked Iowa wrestlers beat #15 Edinboro, 22-19
EDINBORO, Pa. – The University of Iowa wrestling team won five of the final six bouts to rally past No.15 Edinboro, 22-19, tonight inside McComb Fieldhouse. “It was nice to battle back…
Branstad orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day weekend
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. Friday, December 6, 2013 – 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 in honor…
White House initiative hopes to attract manufacturing back to communities
From the White House: Obama Administration Opens Application Process for Phase 2 of ‘Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership’ To compete in an increasingly global economy, the United States must come up with…
Convicted crack and meth dealer arrested for violating probation
MASON CITY – A Mason City man charged with a range of serious felony offenses in recent years – but nonetheless was walking the streets of the city – was arrested Thursday…
Biden says he and President Obama to “push forward” with gun laws
From Vice President Joe Biden: Twenty years ago, President Clinton signed the Brady Bill into law. That law said that if you want to purchase a firearm from a federally licensed dealer…
Couldn’t stay away: M.C. man violates protective order after domestic assault conviction
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who was free on appeal bond after pleading guilty to a swath of serious offenses is back in jail after violating a no-contact order this…
Iowa woman charged with first degree murder in death of child at her daycare
ORANGE CITY, IOWA – On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Rochelle Sapp, age 33, of Orange City, Iowa, was providing day care services at her residence to three-year-old Autumn Elgersma, also of Orange…
Hawkeye volleyball coach’s contract will not be renewed
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta announced Thursday that the contract for head volleyball coach Sharon Dingman will not be renewed. Dingman has been the head coach…
Nelson Mandela dies at age 95
Nelson Mandela, one of the world’s most visionary leaders in the fight to protect and promote human rights, died Thursday at the age of 95. South African president Jacob Zuma announced in…
New satellite images show scale of North Korea’s repressive prison camps
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Korea’s vast infrastructure of repression is further exposed in new satellite images showing the on-going development of two of the country’s largest political prison camps, Amnesty International said…
Four injured in two car accident Wednesday in Franklin county
SHEFFIELD – Four North Iowans were hurt in a two car accident a few miles west of Sheffield Wednesday evening. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, a 2005 Dodge…
NIACC hires bilingual enrollment advisor
HAMPTON – North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) has hired a bilingual enrollment advisor to better serve the Spanish-speaking residents who live in the NIACC region. Valeria (Vosburg) Gonzalez, originally from Hampton,…
Officials encouraged by preparations for 2014 Afghan elections
KABUL – NATO Foreign Ministers and their counterparts from International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) partner nations on Wednesday (4 December 2013) welcomed the encouraging briefings from acting Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad…
Daily Briefing by White House Press Secretary, 12/5/2013
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:46 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Hello, friends. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here. Before I take your questions I have a couple of toppers. The first…
U.S. condemns attack in Yemen that resulted in dozens of casualties
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department condemned a suicide bomber attack Thursday at Yemen’s defense ministry that resulted in over 50 deaths. A Deputy Department Spokesperson said that the United States condemned…
Poll: One in four uninsured Americans plan to stay that way
WASHINGTON – A small but substantial proportion of Americans who have no health insurance said in a recent poll that they are more likely to pay a government fine than to follow…
Sen. Ragan says a “shrinking middle class would be bad news for Iowa”
From Senator Amanda Ragan – During the holidays, Iowans give back and help those in need. This year, the Legislature encouraged charitable giving by increasing tax credits for donations to the community…
Army researchers build portable ‘fake pot’ detector prototype to curb soldier designer drug abuse
ADELPHI, Md. – Army researchers are building a portable drug detector that, soon, could help military and civil law enforcement agencies throughout the country more quickly catch synthetic drug abuse. The U.S….
Afghan police kill two Taliban fighters
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan Local Police killed two Taliban fighters and wounded another during a firefight Dec. 3 near Mandikol village, Koh-e-Safi district, said Deputy Gov. Shawali Shaheed. “ALP was attacked…
Escalating bloodshed and reported revenge killings in Central African Republic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Revenge killings are being reported across Bangui and other parts of the Central African Republic today in the aftermath of the military clashes that happened in the early hours…
NIACC sports update
From the NIACC Athletic Department: WRESTLING What’s next: The No. 4 NIACC wrestling team returns to action Saturday at the Simpson College Invitational in Indianola. Last time out: NIACC’s 149-pounder Nosomy Pozo (Miami, Fla.), 157-pounder Yoanse…