A conversation with Michael Cisneros
by Matt Marquardt – I accepted a phone call from Michael Cisneros Wednesday evening. We spoke for nearly two hours. I didn’t attend his trial; he was found not guilty this week
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by Matt Marquardt – I accepted a phone call from Michael Cisneros Wednesday evening. We spoke for nearly two hours. I didn’t attend his trial; he was found not guilty this week
DES MOINES – A man serving a life in the Iowa State Penitentiary won’t be coming back to Mason City anytime soon, as he lost an appeal this week. Warren Purvis, age 60, appealed
MASON CITY – Police responded to a North End alley for a report of “a very intoxicated subject” early Saturday and placed a man under arrest. A caller reported to police Saturday
WASHINGTON – US officials are concerned about lack of access at the Ukrainian crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said late Saturday that the agency is
MASON CITY – A woman who has faced criminal charges across the state of Iowa and now living in Mason City was picked up by Mason City police on an arrest warrant
MASON CITY – An ex-convict who spent time in an Iowa penitentiary and was arrested in April for second offense drunk driving and interference with police was caught driving without a license
MASON CITY – A Mason City man facing arson and theft charges has entered a guilty plea and will face sentencing in September. Roger Kuck, age 57, was charged with felony C
PLYMOUTH – Mason City woman was taken to jail late Friday after an officer discovered she possessed two illegal drugs. Jennie Marie Melby, age 32, was stopped by a Cerro Gordo deputy
WICHITA, KS – Cargill’s Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms, are now the first major turkey brands to remove growth-promoting antibiotics from all turkeys across the independent farms they work with. Based
MASON CITY – One firefighter was said to be sent to the hospital as firefighters dealt with a fire at a Mason City apartment house Saturday. Around 6:15, Mason City firefighters and
IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced its 2014 preseason All-Big 12 team today and Iowa State senior tight end E.J. Bibbs made the list. A native of Chicago, Ill., Bibbs
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State graduate assistant Nate Loenser has been promoted to director of player development, a move announced by head coach Fred Hoiberg today. Loenser moves into the role, which
DES MOINES – A man once employed by Iowa State University will get a $650,000 payday for treatment by his former bosses that damaged his reputation and inflicted emotional distress, the Iowa
DES MOINES – Liberals wanted an Iowa economic development board to just say “no” to an Egyptian company seeking $25 million more in tax breaks to go along with hundreds of millions
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who brought drugs into the Cerro Gordo County Jail pleaded guilty to a felony charge and a theft charge. Monroe Brown III, age 24, pled
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement on the tragic shoot-down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17: “While we await additional information regarding
MASON CITY – He has been found passed out in bushes in the Cultural Crescent, in a stupor in a North End Kum & Go bathroom, and then arrested after aggressive behavior
WASHINGTON – The United States condemned “in the strongest terms” the systematic persecution of ethnic and religious minorities by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a State
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement last week after Senate Republicans obstructed consideration of theProtect Women’s
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today regarding the news that on Monday, President Obama will sign an
Engineers have taken a crucial step in preparing to test parts of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send humans to new destinations in the solar system. They installed on
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Immediately following the publication of the January 2, 2014, Deadspin article written by Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings retained former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Eric
AMES, Iowa – External funding at Iowa State University increased to $368.4 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s a 12.9 percent increase from the previous year’s total of
MASON CITY – Police chased a wanted, violent drug dealer Friday afternoon in a Mason City neighborhood before he was caught and arrested. Friday afternoon at about 3:13 PM, a member of
MASON CITY – A Mason City Human Rights commissioner bragged last week that the agency was doing something it had never done before – community outreach and education. However, an NIT investigation is
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.4 percent in June. The state’s jobless rate stood at 4.8 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously today at a public meeting to apply a reduction in the sentencing guideline levels applicable to most federal drug trafficking offenders retroactively, meaning that
MASON CITY – The Mason City Assessor has been arrested and charged with serious domestic assault. Danielle Elizabeth Naumann, age 38, was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail at 1:42 AM
AMES – NIACC golfer Levi Fink will be an Iowa State Cyclone. Fink, who won the NJCAA Division II national title in May, will be a junior on the Iowa State men’s
DES MOINES – A Polk county judge today barred an Urbandale magazine sales operation accused of duping consumers into high cost, long-term subscriptions from telemarketing to Iowans and calling consumers in any
DES MOINES – As a result of alleged improprieties regarding deposits of ticket proceeds for the Hawkeye Express and at the request of University of Iowa officials, the Iowa Auditor’s Office conducted
CLEAR LAKE – Clear Lake School District Superintendent Anita Micich followed up today with questions NIT asked about a $50,000 payment made to a miscellaneous source that turned out to be a
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has confirmed tracks and scat left near Clayton County beehives came from a black bear. A DNR wildlife depredation biologist responded to a
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who was convicted of possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 years in federal prison. Patrelle Jose Green-Bowman, age 21, from
DES MOINES – A former Mason City child care provider who was placed on the child abuse registry and stripped of her license to operate a daycare lost her appeal this week.
WASHINGTON – US officials reacted with shock and sadness at the news of a jumbo jet that has now been confirmed to have been shot out of the sky in the troubled
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State signee Georgios Tsalmpouris (George sal-BORE-us) has earned a spot on Greece’s U18 team which will be participating in the U18 European Championships in Konya, Turkey, July 24-August
OMAHA – A man who digitally altered a pornographic photo of a woman by adding the head of a young female child – who is the man’s half-sister – lost his appeal
CLEAR LAKE – A $50,000 payment was made by the Clear Lake School District to a former student, the Clear Lake Mirror has reported. NIT was alerted to the payment in recent
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted four people from Mississippi for racially motivated hate crimes where they allegedly targeted African-Americans they thought were drunk or homeless. John Louis Blalack, 20,