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MASON CITY – The No. 5 NIACC women’s basketbll team is two wins away from returning to the NJCAA Division II national tournament. Second-seed NIACC (24-5) hosts third-seed Southeastern (21-10)…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mason City man was sentenced February 25, 2015, for his role in a Mason City area methamphetamine conspiracy. Scott Lee Bailey, age 44, of Mason City,…
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WATERLOO – A man received life-threatening stab wounds at a Waterloo nightclub this past weekend, police in Waterloo say. In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 1, 2015 at…
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MASON CITY – Police were called to Mercy Hospital Wednesday afternoon to deal with an intoxicated subject, who was taken to jail. Officers with the Mason City police department responded…
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NIT – The president of Iran said the American people are too “wise” to fall for the words spoken by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who addressed a joint meeting…
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NIT – The National Transportation Safety Board has received a petition to re-open the February 3, 1959 plane crash that took the life of rock ‘n roll legend Buddy Holly…
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – A man angry about U.S. and Korean war games used a razor blade to attack an American ambassador Thursday. The U.S. State Department confirmed that U.S.…
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MASON CITY – A pickup truck that was reported stolen out of Rockwell on Monday was found Wednesday after a search warrant was executed at a Manly residence, leading to…
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CEDAR FALLS – UNI’s Marvin Singleton has been named to the MVC’s Most Improved Team, while his teammates Nate Buss and Wes Washpun were named to the MVC’s All-Bench team…
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SOUTHWEST ASIA – On March 3, U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct three airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – There will be no federal charges brought against Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot teenager Michael Brown last summer, but the Justice Department has declared a…
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DES MOINES – Gov. Terry E. Branstad this week announced appointments to fill Iowa’s boards and commissions, and executive branch department directors. The following appointees’ term begins on May 1,…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the first time since 1984, unemployment fell in every state last year. In 2014, annual average unemployment rates declined in all 50 states and the District…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who distributed child pornography pled guilty on March 2, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. William Smith, age 33, from Jesup, Iowa, was…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former CIA Director David Patreus has pleaded guilty in a case where he gave out top secret information about the United States to a woman he was…
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NIT – Dr. Ben Carson, potential Republican presidential candidate, says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay.” Carson…
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DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Bill Northey have encouraged Iowans to nominate farmers for the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader…
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Letter to the Editor from John Herrig, President Iowa State Council of the Machinists – Fifteen years ago, there were more than 250,000 manufacturing jobs in Iowa, which still pay…
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MASON CITY – A rural Worth county man who was paroled from prison in 2012 after serving nearly 6 years behind bars has been caught for the third time within…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Dubuque men who were responsible for an apartment fire caused by a failed methamphetamine cook were each sentenced today to lengthy stays in federal prison. John…
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