UPDATED: Mason City troublemaker wanted for violent knife attack is in jail
MASON CITY – A local man who has been in the news a number of times in recent months for various crimes has upped the ante, police say, this time using a
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MASON CITY – A local man who has been in the news a number of times in recent months for various crimes has upped the ante, police say, this time using a
CLEAR LAKE – Officials today confirmed that Clear Lake has been officially named as the new home to a Fortune 100 company and approximately 160 new jobs. “We got word the company
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman might have several years of bad luck if she’s convicted of busting a window and then driving drunk this weekend, as police allege. According to
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who lived on an indian reservation is now facing murder charges in the death of his parents. Gordon Lasley, Jr., 25, from the Meskwaki Nation Settlement,
MASON CITY – About an hour before a man was slashed in the face with a knife at a downtown location, police went to the same place to break up another fight
NIT – Today, McDonald’s released not-so-good sales numbers for February, and blamed the tough winter for the plummet. This winter was widely recognized as one of the ten worst ever recorded; in
PLYMOUTH – Police investigated a burglary in the small North Iowa town of Plymouth late Sunday, which led them to bust an underage party with alcohol and drugs. According to the Cerro
DES MOINES – Travel Iowa, part of the iowa tourism office, this morning introduced a new ad campaign. Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds helped launch campaign designed to entice
DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad said this morning that he has too many worries to get behind the legalization of marijuana. The Des Moines Register reported that Branstad has “sympathy” for
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who defrauded two insurance companies out of more than $170,000 in sales commissions pled guilty last week in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Melissa Ilene Williams, age
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (23-7, 11-7) opens postseason play as a #4 seed Thursday against #5 seed Kansas State (20-11, 10-8) at the Big 12 Championships. The Cyclones and Wildcats tip
DES MOINES – One of the coldest winters of all-time is drawing to a close, and state officials say data proves how bad the weather was. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey
NEW YORK – As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has released a new report that carries alarming news: more than twice as many
NEW YORK – With tensions and mistrust growing in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to help the key actors calm the situation and work toward a
NEW YORK – More women than ever before are being elected to Parliaments around the world. And if the current trend continues, gender parity is achievable in less than a generation. That’s