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CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mike Gesell scored Iowa’s final 5 points in tonight’s triumph at No. 12 North Carolina, an important resume-builder for the Hawkeyes. The game was a part of the
MASON CITY – A Mason City car dealership is building a new showroom on its property. Platinum Motors, located at 145 6th Street SW, is building a new dealership and showroom at
NEW YORK – Demonstrators took to the streets in New York City and elsewhere Wednesday night after a grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the choking death of a
MASON CITY – A former Mason City man and convicted felon is in jail at this time after a guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine. On August 2, Cerro Gordo deputies were
NIT – Today’s national average price of gas is $2.75 per gallon, which is the lowest average since Oct. 5, 2010, according to a report from AAA. Gas prices nationally are about
DAVENPORT – Two Iowa youths were caught by cops after brandishing air soft guns in a robbery attempt of a person waiting in a drive-thru lane. According to Davenport police, on Saturday,
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today applauded the Iowa Board of Regents’ action to freeze undergraduate in-state tuition at the Regent universities for the third-straight year.
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man was sentenced to prison in a plea deal involving threats to children in schools. Loren, Saxon, age 48, was sentenced on December 2 to 5
WASHINGTON – A California Senator says she is introducing legislation to continue a federal ban on drones. The drones, sometimes called unmanned aerial systems, have been involved in several dozen near-collisions with commercial
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) — An Airman who has been missing since Dec. 1 has been identified as Airman Alec M. Dye. Dye was deployed to Andersen Air Force Base
RICEVILLE – A North Iowa woman charged with sexual abuse of a teen boy will not stand trial until next year. Mindy Jo Fetters, age 22 of Riceville, was charged on June
CHARLES CITY – A Nora Springs man who was scheduled for trial this week on seven charges of sexual abuse in the third degree has entered a guilty plea. Robbie A. DeMaris, age
MASON CITY – He allegedly beats up women, uses drugs in the alleys of the Cultural Crescent, and now has been caught driving after at least four drunk driving arrests. Mason City’s Bryon
WASHINGTON — A new rule prohibiting discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal contracting workforce is being announced today by the U.S. Department of Labor. The
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on Tuesday announced the Honorable Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa as the recipient of the department’s 2014 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota woman has been charged with stealing a friend’s passport and using it to travel to an area of the Middle East controlled by terrorists. A United States Attorney
LOS ANGELES – The famous singer and actress Cher blasted bacon eaters and Iowa farmers for the treatment of pigs. Recently, Republican Chris Christie vetoed a bill in his state of New
MASON CITY – A Northwood woman accused at least ten times by Mason City police of stealing is back in jail Wednesday after skipping her court date for her latest theft charge
MASON CITY – A Hampton woman was caught stealing from Wal-Mart in Mason City and pled guilty. Mason City police were dispatched to Wal-Mart, 4151 4th Street SW, on the afternoon of