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NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces detained four suspected insurgents during a village clearing operation in Khogyani district Dec. 24. Commandos with 1st Special Operations Kandak arrested the suspected insurgents
MASON CITY – A man in jail since August facing felony charges of burglary and attempted murder had new charges added this week after a jailhouse scuffle. According to jailers at the
MASON CITY – Police were busy keeping the peace at a North End house this week. Records indicate that Mason City police officers visited 718 North Tyler Avenue five times between December
AMES – Iowa State faces Boise State Wednesday in the championship game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. (CT) with ESPN2 broadcasting the game. Iowa
MASON CITY – On Thursday, January 2, 2013, the Mason City Historic Preservation Commission will discuss and vote on a recommendation to nominate both Parker’s Woods Park and East Park to the
WASHINGTON – Military personnel and civilian workers received a 1% pay raise on Monday after President Obama signed an executive order adjusting certain rates of pay beginning in 2014. Last week, Congress
From the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel – Eliminating sexual assault in the military is one of the Department of Defense’s highest priorities. We welcome President Obama’s continued leadership on this issue,
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad today announced the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD) submitted an appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the reconsideration
From the UI Department of Public Safety – On the morning of Dec. 21, the University of Iowa Police received a report from a student that either during the late night of
Gov. Branstad brings bipartisan group of six governors together in support of RFS; Letter sent to President Obama, Administrator McCarthy and Sec. Vilsack calling for reconsideration on the EPA’s proposed RFS rule
WASHINGTON – The White House issued a statement Monday condemning the “ongoing air assaults” by the Syrian government against civilians, which have reportedly killed more than 300 people, many of them children.
NEW YORK – Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the South Sudanese leadership to curb
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley joined 42 other senators in requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to stop what they call unlawful regulations on small family farms. In a statement,
NEW YORK – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that preparations for the long-awaited international conference aimed at achieving a political solution to the crisis in Syria are moving ahead, and stressed that
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley will begin holding meetings with Iowans in every county again next year with meetings in Floyd and Chickasaw counties on Friday, Jan. 3. “Representative government is
WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which included language by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) transferring 22 military
CLEVELAND, OH – The 2013 Federal Reserve Payments Study, released last week, shows that card payments – credit and debit – now account for more than two-thirds of all noncash payments, while