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VENTURA – A two-vehicle accident north of Ventura Wednesday afternoon sent four people to Mercy hospital. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, a 2008 Chevy Impala driven by 18-year-old
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will travel to North Carolina, Wednesday, Dec. 3, as part of the 2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods. Both
MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man avoided a 10-year prison term this week when he was sentenced on felony burglary and domestic assault charges. Benjamin J. Frederick, age 32 of Clear
WASHINGTON – The US State Department, in response to a question from a member of the media, released the following information about how much financial aid the US is providing to Egypt
PENSACOLA, FL – A Pensacola man was arrested in April after an investigation determined he repeatedly struck an 18-month-old child. Corderall L. Silas, 27, no permanent address, was charged with cruelty toward a
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who allegedly refused to pull over for police in March and was charged with no driver’s license, eluding, and interference with official acts, failed to
DES MOINES – An Iowa appeals court has denied an insurance company is liable for injuries sustained when the company’s customer intentionally ran over a man and shattered his leg. The appeals
Letter to the Editor: Do we have a fundamental right to eat the food we want to eat? By that notion, if we want to grow the food we want to eat,
HAZELTON, IA – A man wanted on a felony theft charge was taken into custody by Iowa law enforcement Monday. On April 28, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Brian Lynn Rhines,
CLEAR LAKE – The Iowa Republican party named 16 new members to its central committee Saturday at its four district convention locations. Gabe Haugland of Clear Lake, a former attorney and now a
WORTH COUNTY – A Clear Lake man was uninjured after his Mercedes left the roadway on Interstate 35 and struck a tree. Edward Walter Schick, age 57, was northbound on Interstate 35 at
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DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today released the following statement after the close of the 2014 legislative session: “In January, Lt. Governor Reynolds and I brought forth a simple message:
DES MOINES – After a series of negotiations, a historic bill passed through the Iowa House early this morning that will modernize Iowa’s discriminatory HIV law. Iowa’s current law, 709c, is based
DES MOINES – A man who allegedly punched another man who who holding his 9-year-old daughter’s hand during the Band Fest parade will get a new trial on the assault and harassment
MASON CITY – A Northwood man wanted on a number of warrants was arrested in a North End Mason City home Tuesday evening. Jacob Daniel Johnson, age 24 of Northwood, was taken
SIOUX CITY – A Larchwood, Iowa man was sentenced April 22, 2014 to 10 years in federal prison. DUANE MIDDLEN, age 56, from Larchwood, Iowa, received the prison term after a January
MASON CITY – The Friends of the Library Annual Geranium Sale will be held on Friday, May 2, 2014 from Noon to 5:00 in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library,
MASON CITY – Energy experts will be in Mason City April 29 through May 11 conducting free energy assessments. Small businesses will see immediate savings from this energy-saving program offered by Alliant
DES MOINES – AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement regarding the event Governor Branstad held today in recognition of Correctional Officers and Employees Week: “The Governor’s Correctional
NIT – Over the last 30 years, no major new type of antibiotics have been developed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, and bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatment are spreading across
PENSACOLA, FL – At approximately 11:00 Wednesda evening, April 30, 2014, an apparent gas explosion occurred at Escambia County Jail’s Central Booking area causing a partial building collapse. Roughly 600 prisoners were
NIT – The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the timely holding of parliamentary elections in Iraq, and, looking forward to the certification of the results by national electoral officials, called on
Remarks by John Kerry, Secretary of State at African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 1, 2014: Well, Mr. Deputy Chairperson, thank you very, very much. Thank you. First of all,