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MASON CITY – Senator Amanda Ragan has announced she will seek re-election to the Iowa State Senate in District 27. District 27 includes Cerro Gordo County except the eastern towns of Dougherty,
WATERLOO – Four men were arrested by Waterloo police after a vehicle chase this weekend. According to the Waterloo Police Department, officers with the Waterloo Police Department’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team attempted
IOWA CITY – Iowa men’s head basketball coach Fran McCaffery today disclosed that his son has been diagnosed with tumor. “Last week it was discovered that our son, Patrick, has a tumor
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who shot someone in a bar fight pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids to unlawful possession of a firearm. Tyrone Clifton, age 27,
DES MOINES – If you have ever been annoyed – or almost slammed into – by a person sending text messages while driving their car, then you will like the bill passed
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior guard Roy Devyn Marble was named Tuesday to the 10-player All-District VI team by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). The all-district honor comes
GULF OF THAILAND (NNS) — Seventh Fleet continues search efforts for a third day for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. USS Kidd (DDG 100), which joined the search efforts yesterday, is
MASON CITY – The Mason City airport is still without air service and passenger numbers have plummeted, but that hasn’t stopped airport officials from spending lavishly. Great Lakes Airlines suspended service from
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman is serving time for possession of methamphetamine. Lindsay Jo Harms, age 32, plead guilty on March 7 to a charge brought by Mason City police
NIT – A number of North Iowans have expressed concern with the secrecy of public officials in refusing to name a company that agreed yesterday to a major development in Clear Lake.
MASON CITY – The 1 seeded NIACC women will face 16 seeded Dakota-Bottineau on Tuesday, March 18th at 3 p.m. in the opening round of the NJCAA Divison II women’s basketball tournament
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone Sunday night and discussed the on-going tension in Ukraine. Readout of the President’s Call with President Xi of
MASON CITY – A woman who was accused of tampering with her time card while she worked at the Cerro Gordo Courthouse – and then was fired – lost an appeal Monday
MASON CITY – The Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank is now seeking a new location for its operation. Since its start up in 1982, Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank (HHFB) has been housed in a
ST. PAUL – Target Corporation has paid a fine and taken corrective actions to ensure that generators at its Brooklyn Park campus and Elk River Data Center are operated according to state
MASON CITY – A man arrested last month for interference with a police officer after he brandished a knife has pleaded guilty, and was arrested again this weekend. Ted William Cordle, age
NAMBLUS – A senior United Nations official in Jerusalem today voiced his deep concern at reports that three Palestinians died in separate security-related incidents in the West Bank within a 24-hour period,
HOMS, SYRIA – “Where have you been? What took you so long? Why is it only after a year that the UN would try to reach us knowing that we have been
KABUL, Afghanistan – The first four months of 2014 will have a decisive impact on the future of Afghanistan, setting the conditions for the post-ISAF mission and the “Decade of Transformation.” The
ROCKFORD – The former energy director for the city of Rockford was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for mail fraud. Mark E. Bixby, 58, of
WATERLOO – Police in Waterloo reported on March 7th that residents are complaining of a phone scam where the caller claims to work for the IRS. Residents are receiving phone calls from