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CLEAR LAKE – A semi-truck and a pickup truck collided Friday morning on the southeast side of Clear Lake, causing a potential gas leak. The incident occurred around 7:45 AM Friday at
BOONE – The No. 2 NIACC women’s basketball team (19-2 overall, 8-0 in the ICCAC) returns to action Saturday at DMACC in an ICCAC contest. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
EVANSTON, Ill. – Cory Clark and Tony Ramos opened with bonus points and the University of Iowa wrestling team won eight of 10 matches to defeat No. 19 Northwestern, 31-6, Friday night
CEDAR RAPIDS – The head of a heroin distribution conspiracy was sentenced January 30, 2014, to more than 27 years in federal prison. Dwayne Appling, 37, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison
CEDAR RAPIDS – Former Agriprocessors’, Inc., manager Hosam Amara was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison. Amara, age 49, received the prison term after an August 30, 2013,
CEDAR RAPIDS – Another North Iowan is in hot water for allegedly selling methamphetamine. According to a grand jury indictment, Briana Elise Sabby, age 28, stands accused of selling methamphetamine in the
Story by Cpl. Sarah Cherry – One hundred years ago today, the world was in the calm before the whirling storm of World War I. Few suspected the raging war would soon
DES MOINES – Gov. Branstad today declared a proclamation of disaster and energy emergency due to the record high demand for propane throughout the upper Midwest. This Proclamation of Disaster Emergency activates
GENEVA – Syrian Government and opposition delegates today wrapped up what United Nations officials hope will be just the first stage of talks to end the country’s civil war, with the chief
DES MOINES – The Iowa Firefighter’s Association, along with Mason City Fire Chief Bob Platts, met with legislators in Des Moines this week. Wednesday morning, the Iowa Firefighters Association along with the
CEDAR RAPIDS – Three persons who have lived in and around Mason City for years have been indicted by federal authorities on charges related to selling methamphetamine. George Perry, age 42; Angelita
FOREST CITY – It was announced Friday that a major music event will be coming to Forest City in May. The Tree Town Country Music Festival has been set for Memorial Day
WASHINGTON – This week negotiations on the farm and nutrition bill came to a close. After two years, the House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday by a vote of 251
DES MOINES – Five men in southern Iowa were sentenced recently in separate prosecutions to nearly 44 years in prison combined for their unrelated roles in trading online child pornography. These sentences
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), announced today that Iowa will receive $7,419,062 million from the U.S. Department of Human Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man is going to prison after pleading guilty to felony assault causing injury. Barry Jerome Holden, age 29, plead guilty on January 13th, 2014 to felony
DES MOINES – An Iowa board of criminal justice officials has recommended stiffer penalties for kidnapping offenses here in Iowa. In July 2012 the Iowa Legislative Council requested the Public Safety Advisory
DES MOINES – WHO-Radio announced Friday that the 2014 Great Iowa Tractor Ride will be based in Mason City. The announcement was made during the Announcement Party held at the Machine Shed
NEW YORK – Global warming is unequivocal, human influence has been the dominant cause since the mid-20th century, and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, already at levels not seen in at least
FOREST CITY – Waldorf College’s annual Skate with the Warriors night will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Albert Lea City Arena. Community members are invited to
NEW YORK – – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the observance of the Olympic Truce, calling on everyone engaged in armed hostilities to lay down their weapons and cease hostilities. “The
IOWA CITY – Iowa will have to find a way to win on the road in a place where they have enjoyed little success, as they tangle with Illinois Saturday in Champagne.
TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa Bay man was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years, nine months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on sex trafficking and drug charges. The sentence
AMES – Iowa State will host Oklahoma Saturday afternoon in a top 25 showdown. No. 16 Iowa State (15-4, 3-4) matches up No. 23 Oklahoma (17-4, 6-2) Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Courtesy UNI Athletics Communications – CEDAR FALLS – It was a record-breaking night for the University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team as the Panthers swept the season series against the Evansville
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta has announced Bond Shymansky as the new head coach of the Hawkeye volleyball program. Shymansky, a UI alum and Iowa
AMES – One of the most important safety factors in an Iowa winter is the ability to judge travel conditions when making a decision on whether or not to take to the
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced January 8, 2014, to ten years in federal prison. Leroy Raffaelli, 44, from Sheldon, Iowa, received the prison term after
WASHINGTON – On January 29, 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry presented the Secretary of State’s 2013 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) to Fruit of the Loom in Honduras, Plantronics in Mexico,
WORTH COUNTY – A North Iowa man help police at bay Thursday night before harming himself with a knife. On Thursday shortly before noon, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office recieved a 911
CHARLES CITY – A convicted felon refused to stop his vehicle for a Charles City police officer earlier this week and was eventually caught and arrested. According to police, on January 25th,
MASON CITY – Police picked up a wanted Mason City woman Tuesday. Cerro Gordo deputies went to a residence in the 500 block of 8th Street SE and arrested Joleen Francis Billick, age
CASS COUNTY – An Iowa man faces a pile of serious charges after an alleged drunk driving incident that involved three children inside the vehicle According to the Cass County Sheriff, on
NIT – In the never-ending effort to catch fleet-footed, cunning crooks, law enforcement continues to improvise, adapt and overcome. In the progressive-minded city of Iowa City, the police department in that college
ATLANTIC – A robbery was foiled Thursday morning by a DCI agent who happened to be at the scene. On January 29, 2014, at approximately 8:40 p.m, Brady Thomas Salberg, age 22,
NIT – Drag Racing. Assault. Resisting arrest. Smoking weed. Popping Xanax. Rude behavior to concert-goers. All-Canadian teen pop superstar Justin Bieber, a phenom since he debuted in 2009, has gone all-wrong as
ARLINGTON, IOWA – It was confirmed Thursday that five persons died in a fire last Friday, January 24th, near Arlington, Iowa. Today, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received official word from the
From Senator Amanda Ragan – Boosting student achievement is essential for building a high-skill, high-wage economy and strengthening Iowa’s middle class. However, it’ll be hard to reach that goal if the amount
DES MOINES – House and Senate lawmakers have filed legislation to fundamentally reform the way Iowa helps all troubled Iowa children, especially girls. The legislation takes immediate steps to repair serious gaps
NIT – The following letter was sent to our PO Box. It is signed by Cody Darrell, a Charles City teen who has been missing for some time. We cannot authenticate it