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SIOUX CITY – Three men who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Northwest Iowa and Southwest Minnesota were sentenced February 12, 2014, June 26, 2014, and July 8, 2014, to federal prison. Jose
ROCHESTER, MN – Iowa State University basketball coach Fred Hoiberg underwent successful surgery Tuesday at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “The surgery performed this morning at the Mayo Clinic to replace my
MASON CITY – The list of arrests for Michael Isiah Schenker continues to grow, with his latest arrest coming late Monday at a Mason City gas station. Schenker, age 19, found himself
NIT – Michael Cisneros has left Mason City to be with family in the aftermath of a trial that put his life on the line. Tuesday evening, just hours after a Cerro
MARSHALLTOWN – The construction of the Marshalltown Generating Station (MGS) will create long-term environmental benefits and economic opportunities for Iowa, Alliant Energy said Tuesday. MGS is an approximate 650 megawatt, combined-cycle, natural gas-fueled facility
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman, formerly the city clerk for Masonville, Iowa, who defrauded the city of more than $80,000, was sentenced on July 14, 2014, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
UN – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan strongly condemned two attacks that took place today, one in Kabul and the other in the eastern province
IOWA CITY – A rising Iowa basketball star has found himself in trouble with the law for a second time this year and now, suspended from the team. After being caught drunk
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement praising House passage of the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (H.R. 3086), yet another jobs bill that will be sent
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today called for swift Senate passage of H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act, and more progress on infrastructure: “On the whole, this
WATERLOO – An Iowa crook was seriously injured while attempting to rob a landfill earlier this month. On July 3rd, at approximately 4:09 AM, Black Hawk county deputies were called to a
MASON CITY – Michael Cisneros was acquitted by a Cerro Gordo county jury Monday in the death of a small boy that occurred 20 years ago. Cisneros, 38, was accused of the
NIT – In news of the obvious, breweries and beer drinking are booming in America, studies prove. The number of U.S. breweries more than doubled — from 398 to 869 — between
WASHINGTON – Value of shipments for the nation’s 95 household cooking appliance manufacturing establishments totaled $4.3 billion in 2012, according to the latest 2012 Economic Census statistics released today by the U.S.
After remaining missing for 69 years, Moulton, Iowa, native to return home Saturday to final resting place at Sunset View Cemetery in Moulton DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered flags
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – The Minnesota Vikings responded today to a nasty feud that has been simmering all year between the football team and their former punter, Chris Kluwe. Earlier this year,
CHARLES CITY – Police in Charles City arrested a man for shoplifting recently. On July 9th at about 4:23 PM, Charles City police officers went to the 1400 block of South Grand
MASON CITY – A Minnesota man who stands accused of third offense drunk driving and rolling his SUV on a Mason City street with his young daughter inside – and then leaving
MASON CITY – GOP Senate District 27 nominee Shawn Dietz will hold two ‘Coffee and Conversation’ events on Saturday, July 19th. The first event will be at Cabin Coffee in Mason City,
HUDSON, IOWA – After a relaxing day in the woods hunting, an Iowa man alleged aimed his shotgun at his hunting buddy and shot the person in shoulder. On May 31, 2014
MASON CITY – A felon who left the Beje Clark halfway house in May was finally caught this month in Des Moines. Chase Michael Cork, age 23, was apprehended by Polk County
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City woman has now been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter as part of an on-going investigation in connection with a fatal accident near Nora Springs