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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
PRESS RELEASE On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Louis Lavern Ostlie, 56, of Jesup. Ostlie was arrested and charged with first offense Operating While Intoxicated (serious misdemeanor). This
MASON CITY – A Rudd woman who allegedly abandoned people that depended on her care at an assisted living complex in Mason City in April and has pled guilty to three charges
MASON CITY – A man who routinely finds himself behind bars for alcohol-related offenses found himself on the wrong side of the law yet again, this time Monday night in the Cultural
From Secretary of State John Kerry, May 27, 2014 – These have been encouraging days for Afghanistan’s future. We’ve witnessed a first round of free elections where millions of Afghans made their
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman caught twice in March by law enforcement for driving drunk has pleaded guilty. Victoria Carrott, age 24 Mason City, pled guilty on May 12th to second offense operating
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health warns citizens of germs in pools and preventable accidents involving children. Recreational Water Illnesses (RWIs) are caused by germs found in
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Iowa men are charged with federal crimes after their meth lab blew up in a house near a Dubuque elementary school. John Starks Sr., age 46, and Casey
AMES, Iowa – Jobs continue to be a driving factor of population growth and shifts in Iowa, Iowa State University researchers said Monday, which explains the ongoing decline in many small towns.
MASON CITY – A Mason City teen crashed his moped this weekend and was cited by police. Tirrell Hopkins, age 14, of Mason City crashed the moped he was operating on the
ATLANTIC, IA – An Iowa couple who apparently threw a party that involved illegal drugs with children in the house was arrested under numerous charges. On May 20, 2014, the Cass County
MASON CITY – It could have been vandals or just naughty kids, but fire officials say a Monday morning fire at a Mason City park was caused intentionally. The Mason City Fire
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today was joined by Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham as he signed the Iowa Apprenticeship and Job
MASON CITY – A man charged a number of times with violent crimes is back in jail Monday, this time facing a charge of felony domestic assault. Mason City police responded to
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad on Monday signed the Home Base Iowa Act into law at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. In addition,
AMES, Iowa – Former Cyclone women’s basketball standout Hallie Christofferson has signed a professional contract with the Flying Foxes in Vienna, Austria. “I am very happy to have the opportunity to go
OMAHA – A United States Attorney announced that US District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Jorge Ortiz-Lopez, also known as Moreno, to 292 months in federal prison, followed by five years of
NIT – Readers have advised of phone calls from unknown subjects that are perpetrating a scam that includes the threat of arrest. Some Iowa law enforcement have also been alerted to this
NIT – Two supposedly bitter political rivals yucked it up in the Elmwood Cemetery Monday morning. Mason City Mayor Eric Bookmeyer and former councilman and political rival Max Weaver were seen talking
MASON CITY – Jack McCourt had some choice words for the Mason City School District again this weekend. McCourt, a Korean War Veteran who typically sports a Mohawk t-shirt, stops by every
THORNTON – Possible shots were fired in a North Iowa campground over the weekend, and police were called to investigate. Cerro Gordo deputies responded to a report of possible gun shots fired
MASON CITY – A celebration in remembrance of those that served their country started at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery at 9:15 AM, Monday. Following the program at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery was
UN – The United Nations human rights chief has voiced her “very serious concerns” about a recent incident involving the killing of two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank. Navi Pillay
ATLANTIC, IA – An Iowa man was found dead in a car, and police are investigating. On May 13, 2014, at 2:17 p.m., the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report
UN – United Nations humanitarian agencies today raised concerns about landslides and possible water-borne diseases from the worst flooding in Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in more than a century, which may
MASON CITY – The North Iowa Area Community College board of directors recently approved a tuition cost hike. A tuition cost hike of 2.35% was approved by the board on May 22.