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CLEAR LAKE – Democratic nominee for Cerro Gordo County Supervisor Doug Nelson says his Republican opponent, Casey Callanan, isn’t a county taxpayer. Recently, Mr. Nelson said via social media that “In the
MASON CITY – Police caught a runaway from the Beje Clark halfway house with drugs in a Mason City apartment. Bryson Duane Eppens, age 29, left Beje Clark last week and did
MASON CITY – Karen Crimmings, RN Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Manager with the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public was named the 2014 Iowa Public Health Hero by the University
MINNEAPOLIS – The following letter was posted to social media by Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson regarding felony child abuse allegations he now faces: https://twitter.com/AdrianPeterson/status/511586600346599424
WASHINGTON – The following information was released by the United States Department of State on Friday evening, September 19, 2014: The ISIL Threat: a Global Challenge The Islamic State of Iraq and
By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity – WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2014 – The increased U.S. assistance President Barack Obama announced this week has begun to arrive in Liberia, one of
By David Vergun, Army News Service – WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2014 – Should sequestration resume in fiscal year 2016 as current law requires, “it will be very difficult for us to lead
SPENCER – An inmate who threw a tantrum in a Spencer jail has been charged after he damaged his cell. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office reported that 30-year-old Zachary Rix of Sac
AMES, Iowa – Job growth in the retail and service sector has not matched the wages of manufacturing and other middle-skill level jobs lost over the past decade in Iowa. The difference
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested this week on a charge of harassment, a charge he has already pled guilty to once this year. Late on the evening of
MASON CITY – On an otherwise gorgeous day, a strong wind downed tree branches in Mason City and took out a power line, interrupting service for dozens of folks. The incident took
DES MOINES – AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement regarding the recent discovery of drugs and contraband at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City: “Director
GARNER – A state legislator from Garner has pled not guilty to a charge of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse. Henry Rayhons, age 78, is the House District 8 state representative. He was
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is rolling towards an historic sixth term with a 60 – 37 percent likely voter lead over State Sen. Jack Hatch, the Democratic challenger, according
RURAL FLOYD COUNTY – A woman is dead after the driver of the vehicle she was riding in swerved to miss a deer on the Avenue of the Saints. According to a
DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad helped honor missing soldiers and prisoners of war (POWs) today in a ceremony at the Iowa capitol. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is being observed today, Friday,