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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 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…
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…