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DES MOINES – Police in Iowa’s capitol city are seeking a man who wheeled a cart full of electronics out of a store without paying. Police reported that at approximately 8:15 PM on
From Iowa Senate President Pam Jochum (D, Dubuque) – Iowa legislators adjourned the 2014 session after reaching bipartisan agreements that will have big benefits for our state. Republicans and Democrats worked together
MASON CITY – A retiring city hall custodian will not be replaced with a new employee, city documents show. City hall in Mason City has formed an RFP committee (requests for proposals)
MASON CITY – The Mason City Community School District is joining with other communities throughout Iowa this spring to honor its elected school board members during Iowa School Board Recognition Month during
DES MOINES – Justice Not Politics issued a response today to the disturbing question posed by The Family Leader and unsettling commitments made by GOP candidates running for Senate at the April
NIT – A poll of NIT readers shows that most people would ignore a homeless person who needs help. NIT readers were asked recently the question “If you encountered a homeless person
MASON CITY – Law enforcement converged on a Mason City house Thursday and arrested two wanted persons. The North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force and Special Operations Group conducted a search warrant
WATERLOO – A Black Hawk county jury this week convicted an Iowa Falls man of killing his 7-month-old daughter. Trevor Eugene Smith, age 28, was charged with murder in the first degree
TIFFIN, IOWA – Five men were caught last week smoking marijuana inside a car in a school parking lot, surrounded by school buses. The Johnson county, Iowa sheriff’s department reported that on April
IOWA CITY – Police encountered a seriously injured and bloodied woman as they investigated an assault in this college town, before making an arrest. Quintin Harris, Jr., age 24, answered a door
MASON CITY – A Mason City man faces serious charges after an incident early Friday. Police responded to a disturbance at 210 North Madison at about 3:23 AM Friday. The person who
MASON CITY – A wanted man was arrested early Friday by police. Sean Patrick Secora, age 23, was stopped by Cerro Gordo deputies Friday just after midnight at 12th Street NW and
MASON CITY – A man now calling Mason City home was arrested Thursday for several violations including driving with an open container of alcohol. Rashad Ocasio Bettis, age 35 and now living
CEDAR RAPIDS – United States Senators Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley were on hand Friday at an investiture ceremony honoring Kevin W. Techau as the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern District
NIT – If there’s one thing Americans are good at, it’s killing people. Usually. However, twice this year, prison officials couldn’t get executions of prisoners right, and now the United Nations says
IOWA CITY – A dangerous man just committed to University of Iowa Hospitals left the facility and attempted to unholster a police officer’s gun before several people were able to subdue him.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steve King released the following statement in response to Democrat New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s speech on the Senate floor Thursday night attacking King on immigration: “I’m flattered
NIT – It was reported that 31 people were killed in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa Friday as pro-Russia demonstrators clashed with Ukrainian troops. In a statement, the US State Department