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MASON CITY – Two women were helped to safety Monday evening by a passer-by and a neighbor before firefighters arrived on the scene. Around 4:30 PM Monday, a call for a possible
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman is serving jail time for her second conviction for operating while intoxicated. Officers arrested Brianna Marie Hansen-Simmer, age 21, last July for operating while intoxicated,
NEW YORK – The United Nations atomic energy chief today highlighted some of the most pressing issues on the agenda of his agency, ranging from nuclear safety to verification of the activities
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate on Monday voted 48-0 to approve a bill that would make it illegal for an adult to knowingly allow an underage drinking party to commence on
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – A former Mason City city administrator now working in Waukee is set to get a healthy pay bump, the Des Moines Register reported Monday. Moerman is now
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – NIT – Beaten again. Left out in the cold. Bamboozled. That is what self-serving, unimaginative, sold-out leadership – and a populace asleep at the wheel – will
San Diego – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested seven individuals this weekend who were involved in three separate human and drug smuggling events in the east and north county of San Diego.
NIT – Lazy Americans, things just keep getting easier for you. Europeans – who are much less fat than Americans – are preying on the slothful lifestyles of Americans, with a new
First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announce proposed school wellness standards and roll out of breakfast and lunch programs for schools that serve low income communities
WASHINGTON – Based on extensive input from the public and a broad range of stakeholders, including public health groups, auto manufacturers, refiners, and states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who was charged with aggravated domestic assault on Christmas day had that charge (and another) thrown out by a judge, before he was later arrested
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa wrestling program led the nation in attendance for the eighth consecutive season according to annual Division I attendance report released Tuesday by Roby Publishing. Iowa
KHARKIV, Ukraine. March 3 (Interfax) – A senior Ukrainian border guard official said on Monday that no Russian Armed Forces had entered Ukraine across its northern border. “We are conducting permanent monitoring.
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Department of Education Director Brad Buck today announced the first group of Iowa school districts selected to launch teacher
SIOUX CITY – Eddie Sandoval-Rouillard was placed on escape status after failing to return to the Sioux City Work Release Facility from an assigned program meeting. Sandoval-Rouillard was transferred to work release
MASON CITY – The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s 2014 winter film series, Films in February, Movies in March (Some in January, Too), ends on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. with
WASHINGTON – Protesters against the Keystone Pipeline XL were arrested in a peaceful protest after strapping themselves to the White House fence and blocking sidewalks in a sit-in, the Associated Press reported.
El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the El Paso port of entry made multiple drug seizures this weekend. The most notable
WASHINGTON – Leaders of seven of the largest industrialized nations in the world on Sunday condemned the Russian offensive in Ukraine that threatens a major conflict. We, the leaders of Canada, France,
WASHINGTON – The First Lady will travel to China from March 19-26, 2014. She will be visiting Beijing from March 20-23, Xi’an on March 24, and Chengdu from March 25-26. During her
Santa Teresa, New Mexico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry were very busy this weekend. Officers at the New Mexico border crossing seized
Edinburgh – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested 27 convicted sex offenders, who were illegally present in the United States, and 15 members of notorious street gangs