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MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Twins today announced they will begin using walk-through metal detectors at Target Field starting with the Home Opener on Monday, April 7 against the Oakland Athletics. The Twins
NIT – Congressman Bruce Braley issued a speedy apology Tuesday after slamming six-term US Senator Charles Grassley for being an Iowa farmer who never went to law school. Read that story here.
MASON CIY – He says he’s a born again Christian, and by the Grace of God, after numerous drug, assault, burglary and drunk driving charges, he served less than fifteen months of
MASON CITY – One young woman calls him a nightmare. He allegedly strangled another. Caught in a bar by police, nonchalantly chatting with a protected party who earlier accused him of domestic
CLEAR LAKE – Who says an illicit drug can’t be delicious? Clear Lake police, however, left a bad taste for a woman arrested on her birthday for possession of a designer drug
MASON CITY – The NIACC baseball team returned to the rankings on Tuesday at No. 20. NIACC (13-8 overall, 4-0 in the ICCAC) swept a four-game series with Southwestern last weekend. The
CAIRO – Egypt handed down the death penalty to 529 people on Monday after a mass trial in which the majority of defendants were not present in court. “The astounding number of
NEW YORK – Air pollution – both indoor and outdoor – killed some 7 million people across the globe in 2012, making it the world’s largest single environmental health risk, according to
NIT – Iowa Democratic Congressman and candidate for US Senate Bruce Braley ripped Senator Charles Grassley in a newly-released video for being a farmer without enough education. The video, taken at an
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad on Monday announced the signing of Executive Order 85 to increase accountability, openness and transparency of employee settlements. Speaking from the administration’s weekly press conference,
MASON CITY – No one ever accused all crooks of being smart. And as they say, after a few cold ones, your judgement starts to fade. That may have been the case
MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team will open its ICCAC season with a doubleheader at Kirkwood at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. NIACC (8-2) plays Marshalltown in a league twinbill at 3:30
BURLINGTON – A Burlington man was injured Saturday morning while hunting snow geese in Lee County. Dustin Guernsey, 31, was carrying equipment and his gun when he stumbled while walking across a
NORFOLK, Va. – There are two fatalities following a shooting at Naval Station Norfolk Monday night. The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 p.m. at Pier 1. No other injuries have been reported.
DES MOINES – A former youth paster at a Des Moines church who pleaded guilty earlier this year to three sex crimes against underage girls was sentenced to 15 years in prison
ATLANTIC – An Iowa man is in jail at this time on two serious charges. The Cass County Sheriff said this week that on March 19, 2014, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office
MASON CITY – The trouble for this Rockwell man began in December when he was caught with drugs by police on Monroe Avenue, and has only gotten worse since. On December 6,
DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad traveled to Washington, DC this week to commemorate the installation of a Norman Borlaug statue at the U.S. Capitol. Borlaug was born 100 years ago Tuesday
KABUL – The United Nations has condemned today’s deadly attack on an office of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Kabul which comes less than two weeks before the holding of
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State hoops pioneer John Crawford, the school’s first African-American basketball player, passed away over the weekend. He was 77 years old. A native of New York City, Crawford
MASON CITY – Police were called to Target recently and arrested two Mason City women on theft charges. Officers with the Mason City police department were called to Target, 3450 4th Street
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the senior Republican on the Senate health committee, today released the following statement before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
ATLANTA – Iowa State senior Hallie Christofferson was named a WBCA All-Region 5 nominee for the 2013 Division I Coaches’ All-America Team Tuesday. Christofferson was one of seven players selected from the
THE HAGUE – Leaders of the G8 industrialized nations decided they have had enough of Russia’s aggressive moves in the Ukraine, and brought some consequences to bear, kicking Russia out of the
NEW YORK – While technological progress and innovative business models have expanded opportunities for freedom expression, they have also allowed for new threats to emerge in the form of Internet censorship, filtering,