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Dr. Maya Angelou wrote that “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived. However, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Few people lived with more courage and taught us
MASON CITY – A concerned mailman called police Wednesday afternoon, suspicious of the activities of several persons as they knocked on doors on the city’s south side. Police received a call at
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who concealed assets from his creditors and the United States Bankruptcy Court pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Jay Freese, age 51, from Montour,
CHARLES CITY – A wanted Charles City man was caught by police on May 21st. Jaiton Mangun, age 20, skipped a court hearing on May 20th and a warrant was issued for
DECORAH – An Iowa sex offender who was not complying with the sex offender registry was arrested recently. On May 19, at about 11:30 PM, Bernard D. Olson Jr., age 39 of
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man who led North Iowa law enforcement on a dangerous chase in April has been sent to Cedar Rapids and faces new federal charges related to
MASON CITY – A concerned citizen called police when a possibly intoxicated man was allegedly snooping around and peaking into people’s garages, prompting a chase when the man wouldn’t go quietly. Mason
CHARLES CITY – Police arrested a Charles City woman for skipping court. On May 23 at about 1:00 PM, a Charles City police officer arrested Crystal Vanbrocklin, age 37 in the South
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who possessed child pornography pled guilty on May 27, 2014, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Jeremiah Romo, age 20, from Aplington, Iowa, was convicted of one
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal felon who was serving a six-year term of supervised release after being released from prison for drug trafficking was sent back to prison for three years when
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who sexually exploited two children was sentenced May 27th, 2014, to 40 years in federal prison. Nicholas Appleby, age 32, of Oxford Junction, Iowa, received the sentence
MASON CITY – A Mason City man has pled guilty to drug possession and is serving jail time. According to police, an officer happened to pass 34-year-old Paige Landon Peyton at about
NIT – It’s May 28th, and it’s Steve King’s 65th birthday. The illustrious Congressman is hard at work these days, fighting his paranoia that Facebook is out to get him while ramping up
WATERLOO – Waterloo cops chased two men who fled on foot from an attempted traffic stop and had to taze one of them after he dropped a semi-automatic handgun. On May 24,
MINNEAPOLIS – On May 27, 2014, at approximately 10:45 a.m., an individual robbed the Central Bank branch located at 2120 Hennepin Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The robber approached the bank counter
UN – In the Security Council’s first meeting on Ukraine since the presidential election there, United Nations political chief Jeffrey Feltman said violence in the country’s east has dramatically increased and reiterated
IOWA CITY – First-year University of Iowa head volleyball coach Bond Shymansky announced the addition of four student-athletes to the 2014 fall roster. Taylin Alm, Danielle Cabel and Michelle Fugarino will join
UN – The United Nations human rights chief today strongly condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman, who was stoned to death by her family as she approached a Pakistani court
UN – Even as the death toll from Syria’s three-year civil war continues to rise, the country’s human development has also suffered immense collateral damage – the economy has been gutted, the
UN – In hopes of ebbing the ‘cultural haemorrhage’ in Syria, the United Nations cultural agency today announced that it will establish an observatory to monitor and access the state of Syria’s
CHARLES CITY – Police arrested a Charles City man for public intoxication. On May 21st, at 7:51 PM, officers were dispatched to the area of Clinton Street and 8th Street for an
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Eight representatives from the University of Iowa wrestling program and Hawkeye Wrestling Club compete for a spot on the junior and senior World Teams at Alliant Energy Center