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DES MOINES – Starting today, Thursday, September 25, Iowans may vote early in-person by absentee ballot at their county auditor’s office or satellite voting location. This option is available through Monday, November
MASON CITY – A now-convicted sex offender who flashed a teen at the Southbridge Mall parking lot is awaiting a bed at the Beje Clark halfway house. Korey Allen Jurgena, age 43 of
MASON CITY – A Mason City can sorter had a few too many and was arrested after bugging his ex. Jeremiah James Roberts, age 24, was at the home of his ex
MASON CITY – Fast food restaurants in Mason City will have one more potential employee to pick from once another hardened drug dealer fresh from the pen gets a bed at the
ARLINGTON, IOWA – A school bus driver dropped off his last kid before he lost control of his vehicle, ended up in a ditch and was hospitalized. On September 22, 2014, at
OMAHA – United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jeffrey R. Rongish, age 31, of Omaha, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for receiving and distributing child pornography. The
MASON CITY – Police were called to a North End residence late Tuesday on a report of a domestic assault. Several police officers converged on 110 15th Street NW Tuesday at about
MASON CITY – Hawkeye Harvest Food bank will unveil its new home Friday, and is asking for the community’s help in reaching their $300,000 goal for the capital campaign which will fund
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today appointed Patrick H. Tott District Court Judge in the Third Judicial District (3B). Tott, of Sioux City, earned his law degree from Creighton University
SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. – Following the death of a worker at Behr Iron & Steel Inc.’s recycling facility in South Beloit, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman originally arrested during a law enforcement sweep where drug offenders were rounded is accused of violating her probation. Sarah Sue Movick, age 27 of Mason
IOWA CITY – An Iowa Hawkeye basketball player pled guilty to driving with a suspended license and was fined. Peter Jok, age 20, a sophomore guard from West Des Moines, pled guilty
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo board of supervisors approved the appointment of a current employee to lead software development in the embattled MIS department. Following an open application process and interviews,
DES MOINES – Today, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds was joined by STEMconnector CEO Edie Fraser, Drake University Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield-Clubb, Iowa Association of Business and Industry President Mike Ralston, and Jana
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds on Tuesday congratulated Floyd County on achieving Home Base Iowa Community designation. Floyd County is now the fourth in the state
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the federal prison population has dropped by roughly 4,800 inmates since September 2013. This represents the first time the federal inmate population
ROCKWELL – The Mercy Air Life helicopter was sent to Marble rock after a man was thrown from a horse and was injured. Tuesday at about 6:54 PM, emergency responders were called
MASON CITY – Police stopped a vehicle early Monday morning and found meth ready to be delivered and a North Iowa man armed with a long knife. Mason City police conducted a traffic
IOWA FALLS – A Franklin county man is in jail after allegedly perpetrating burglaries in the town of Ackley and possessing the mind-altering drug LSD. Aaron Edward Bailey, age 28 of Ackley,
CHARLES CITY – A Nora Springs man scheduled for trial Tuesday on seven charges of sexual abuse in the third degree has had his trial pushed back to December. Robbie A. DeMaris, age
SIOUX CITY – An Iowa man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine by driving across the state to make pick-ups and sales of the notorious drug was sent to federal prison for over
WASHINGTON – The United States took a major humanitarian step forward today, announcing that it would not use land mines in warfare, except on the contentious Korean peninsula. The U.S. State Department
DES MOINES – A property tax relief bill approved by lawmakers and signed in 2013 is now sending millions in tax dollars back to counties and taxpayers, Governor Terry Branstad announced Tuesday.
WESTGATE, IA – A man is in jail after police discovered his girlfriend’s 5 children locked in a room and denied food and a toilet, a stunt police say he has pulled
LIBERIA – A C-17 U.S. military aircraft arrived in Liberia late last week with the first shipment of increased U.S. military equipment and personnel for the anti-Ebola fight, which was promised by
MASON CITY – A North Iowa couple who have only been together a few weeks decided to go on a date and steal from the Mason City Wal-Mart this weekend. At about 3:00 PM
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. military forces and partner nations, including the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, undertook military
HOUSTON – A Japanese man is in custody of law enforcement after a woman who sat next to him on a flight from Japan to Texas reported that he had sexually assaulted her.
DAVENPORT – Police in Davenport were put in a difficult situation Monday evening after responding to a report of a distraught man with guns who reportedly wanted to die by police fire.
RURAL CERRO GORDO COUNTY – A North Iowa man walked away from an auto accident late Monday night, but found his way to a jail cell. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City woman is no longer facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal accident near Nora Springs this past May that took a man’s life.
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested Sunday after law enforcement claimed she left her two young sons alone with a registered sex offender. NIT reported Sunday that Mason City police
DES MOINES – Iowa could reap millions in new tax revenue if legislators and the governor would only legalize pot, a financial tools website said Monday. Nerdwallet.com, which creates financial tools and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – They say corporations are people. If that’s true, then their vacation homes just got a little less attractive. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced new actions to shut
WASHINGTON – United States officials today announced millions in additional humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Monday that the United States is providing more than $71
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who pawned a handgun stolen during a burglary pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Tanner Williams, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted
MASON CITY – A Mason City man took a plea deal in felony domestic assault and meth possession case, but is back in jail Monday. Aaron Michael Romig, age 29, was arrested
MASON CITY – A North Iowa man set free this year from a federal penitentiary was caught drunk driving early Monday morning. Brandon Snater, age 33, was stopped and arrested for drunk
MASON CITY – Police were called for a number of incidents over the weekend where people were found passed out in common, public places, but no charges were filed. Late Friday night,
AMES – An Iowa State University student has gone missing, and could be anywhere between Ames, Iowa City and Minnesota. Ames police said that Tong Shao (who goes by the first name