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MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested for drunk driving and interference with an officer while a passenger had an open container of booze as they drove around town early
MASON CITY – Mason City man has been arrested for drunk driving for at least the fifth time. Dana Lee Despenas, age 48, was pulled over by law enforcement Friday morning at
SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested 62 criminal aliens, fugitives and other immigration violators in central and south Texas during a three-day
MASON CITY – A Mason City man arrested after his associate was caught fleeing police during a drug investigation has had his meth trial date postponed. Anthony James Bartusek, age 28, was arrested
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was scary this Halloween and taken to jail for impeding the ability of his alleged victim to breath during a domestic incident. Police were called
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who sold heroin to a person who overdosed and died from using the heroin pled guilty for the second time on October 30, 2014, in federal
DALLAS — A Salvadoran national, who had previously been deported three times, was deported again Wednesday and turned over to law enforcement authorities. This deportation was conducted by officers with U.S. Immigration
MASON CITY – Community response partners in Cerro Gordo County have been working together to develop plans and procedures in the event an Ebola case is diagnosed within our county. Representatives from
MASON CITY – A man caught inside the Sears Department Store in Mason City this summer attempting to commit a burglary has pled guilty and received a deferred judgement and ordered to
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested for felony domestic assault this week after a fight with his girlfriend. Police were called to an apartment at 525 South President after
MASON CITY – A known Mason City felon and long-time wrong-doer has entered a guilty plea to felony charges and faces decades in prison after attempting to escape from guarded custody while
SIOUX CITY – A Renwick, Iowa, man was sentenced October 28, 2014, to over four years in federal prison for his illegal possession of a firearm. Daniel Reames, age 49, from Renwick,
MADISON, WISCONSIN – A Colorado woman who was found guilty by a jury of kidnapping after taking her tiny infant nephew to Iowa and leaving him in a duffel bag outside an
RURAL CERRO GRODO COUNTY – A multi-vehicle accident has been reported south of Mason City on the Avenue of the Saints, with a possible fatality. A Department of Transportation road maintainer was
MASON CITY – Mason City police are now accepting applications from persons interested in bow hunting within designated parks within the city. In October, the Park Board approved hunting in Parker’s Woods,
CHARLES CITY – A man was beaten in Floyd county earlier this month, and five men have been arrested after an investigation. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office was summoned to the Floyd
MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s cross country team is ranked No. 8 in the latest NJCAA poll. The Trojans moved from 11th into the top 10 after placing second at the
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 30, 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria yesterday and today, using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct
MINNEAPOLIS – A United States Attorney today announced the guilty plea of a Burnsville woman, ANISSA JEANNE SHORES, 37, to one count of Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud. SHORES was charged
DES MOINES – Federal and state officials will be watching the elections in Iowa, and there are plenty of methods to file a complaint about problems at the polls should the need
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman who was recently arrested for allegedly leaving her two young boys alone in a garage with a sex offender was arrested again on charges of
CLEAR LAKE – A Cerro Gordo deputy stopped an unlicensed Mason City driver for poor driving Wednesday morning and took him to jail. Charles Martin Stoering, age 56, was stopped by the
BURLINGTON – The campaign RV for Joni Ernst struck a deer Wednesday, the campaign confirmed, at it toured southeast Iowa. “Reports are true,” the Joni Ernst campaign tweeted. “RV did hit a
CLEAR LAKE – An apparent male subject stole a pickup truck Tuesday night and led police on a chase and search before setting the vehicle on fire and getting away. A silver
MASON CITY – A Minnesota man who entered a guilty plea in a drunk driving and child endangerment case and is awaiting sentencing next month tried to get out of jail Wednesday
DES MOINES – A Clear Lake man who plead guilty last year to a crime which involved threats to a woman and her children has lost an appeal in connection to that
SHENANDOAH, IOWA – An Iowa man is accused of murdering his girlfriend with a gun shot to the head, law enforcement said Wednesday. Today, October 29, 2014, 34-year-old Brian Davis of Shenandoah
MASON CITY – NIT reported last week that a bike was stolen from the Culver’s restaurant, which belonged to an employee with special needs. The bike had been parked and locked up,
DES MOINES – A Clear Lake man’s conviction for drunk driving has been upheld by the Iowa Court of Appeals. On January 3, 2013, William Burns, age 59, was involved in a
DES MOINES – Iowa labor union leaders said Wednesday that a campaign program they are running designed to get out the vote is paying off. Ken Sagar, President of the Iowa Federation
OSAGE – Police in Osage say charges are pending after a semi-truck was struck by a train, causing a corn spill. According to Osage police, on October 28, 2014 at approximately 2:56
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2014 – A 21-day monitoring period for U.S. service members returning from areas affected by Ebola in West Africa provides a margin of safety that troops and their families
OSAGE – An Osage man accused of vehicular homicide and other charges won’t go to trial until December, while a pre-trial conference is scheduled for next month. Tylor Patrick, age 23, will
DES MOINES – Iowa Republican State Sen. Joni Ernst is inching ahead among likely voters in the U.S. Senate race and now has 49 percent to 45 percent for U.S. Rep. Bruce
Editor’s note: NIT received the following editorial from a North Iowa resident and subscriber who wants it published, but, citing fears of reprisals from the names and groups mentioned who have interacted with Dr.
MASON CITY – A wanted Charles City man was caught by Mason City police Monday night as they investigated a suspicious situation at an apartment in the Cultural Crescent. Police were called
DES MOINES – Surveillance by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network shows while flu activity in the state is slowly increasing and remains low, there already are
NEW HAMPTON – A Chickasaw county man has been arrested for allegedly strangling his victim. Travis Michael Ruttman, age 24 of Alta Vista, stands charges by Chickasaw county law enforcement with public
BOSTON – Following an eight-day trial, the jury convicted a college friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, for making false statements to investigators assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task
MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team is ranked No. 7 in the preseason NJCAA Division II poll. The Lady Trojans, who were 34-3 overall a year ago and placed third