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WAVERLY – NIACC’s Wal Khat won the men’s 800-meter run in a time of 2 minutes, 1.60 seconds at the Wartburg College Chelsey M. Henkenius Open Saturday. It’s the second straight weekend
MASON CITY – A traffic stop turned into a pursuit Saturday night on gravel roads south of Mason City, leading to two arrests. On Saturday night, January 21, 2017, at about 8:58
MASON CITY – A Kensett woman who was supposed to serve a jail term for meth possession months ago was finally taken to jail. Mason City police encountered 27-year-old Peggy Joy Schiefelbein
AMES – UNI (6-2) defeated Iowa State (1-7), 20-12 in wrestling action Friday night in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones won four matches on the night. ISU held a 9-8 lead after five
NORMAN, OK – The Iowa State Men’s Basketball erased a 19-point deficit and defeated Oklahoma in double overtime on the road Saturday, 92-87. Iowa State’s Monte Morris become just the second Cyclone
MASON CITY – Nick Wurm scored a career-high 27 points, including seven 3-point goals, with a career-best 10 rebounds, seven assists and two steals to lift NIACC to a 82-55 victory over
MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team put four players in double figures and topped Iowa Central 68-48 in an ICCAC contest in the NIACC gym on Saturday. Sophomore Riley Galvin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The entire list of nominations to various posts by President Donald Trump, all of which have been sent to the Senate for consideration: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Terry
NEW YORK – Nearly a quarter of a billion children and young people world-wide are bullied each year, according to a report released last week by the United Nations educational and cultural
DES MOINES – Democratic state legislator Todd Prichard says it’s time to protect the state’s budget and “stop balancing the budget on the backs of workers.” In his latest legislative update, Prichard
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HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Texas along with his wife, and their health seems to be improving. Following another good night’s rest, President and Mrs. Bush
CITY OF MASON CITY Publication Report 1/19/2017 Payee Description Amount —————————————— ————————— ADAMS, EMLIY SERVICE EXPENSES 3.11 AFFORDABLE TOWING MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 275.00 AIRVAC OTHER SUPPLIES 3,722.40 ALL STAR PEST CONTROL REPAIRS AND
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) re-introduced the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act, paving the way for contraceptives to be sold over-the-counter without a prescription. Additionally, Congresswomen
HARTFORD, IOWA – An Iowa man has been arrested on an arson charge after a fire he allegedly set caused a house to burn with a person inside. On January 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement upon
NEW YORK – Obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and are prevalent particularly among women and children, according to a new United Nations-backed report. Nearly
MASON CITY – Today, Mason City Mayor Eric Bookmeyer met behind locked doors at a downtown bar with a hotel company president. Bookmeyer was spotted at the 1910 Grille Friday afternoon around
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed its first two nominees for President Trump’s cabinet: retired General James Mattis to be
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald J. Trump was sworn in today, January 20, 2017 as the 45th President of the United States. Read his Inaugural Address, below: INAUGURAL ADDRESS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
ROCK VALLEY, IOWA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Meadowvale Dairy of Rock Valley, Iowa, for Clean Water Act violations. Meadowvale Dairy, LLC, has agreed to pay
DES MOINES – A new five-year strategy aiming to improve the Iowa DNR’s Ambient Water Monitoring Program is now available on the web. The DNR’s Ambient Water Monitoring Program provides consistent, unbiased
MASON CITY – A Mason City man ended up with a jail sentence after he was stopped by police while driving a car with stolen license plates. Mason City police tell NIT
FLOYD COUNTY – A fatal crash took place Friday morning near Marble Rock in Floyd county. The Iowa State Patrol says that the two-vehicle accident took place Friday morning, January 20 just
DES MOINES – Forty years ago this month, the newly formed Iowa Court of Appeals heard oral arguments and issued opinions for the first time. The Iowa Legislature created the five-member court
From nato.int – The founding treaty of the North Atlantic Alliance was signed in Washington in 1949, in the aftermath of the Second World War. The purpose of the Alliance was to
CORALVILLE – A man convicted of murdering his wife died in an Iowa prison. Jackie Paul Glascock, Sr., a 73-year-old an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center Infirmary Care
From Rep. Linda Upmeyer of Clear Lake – On Monday, we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor a great American that dedicated his life to fighting against discrimination. As I
CHARLES CITY – An aging jail is still a big problem in Charles City for police and the sheriff’s office, and work is continuing to find a solution to pay for and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Mason City cocaine dealer will be getting out of jail early, thanks to President Barack Obama. Today, President Obama commuted the sentences of 330 people, and a Mason
DES MOINES – A new survey of Iowa Superintendents has found that about 2/3 of them will be forced to raise class size, cut teachers, and reduce opportunities for students if Iowa
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CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man awaits sentencing in a case in which police raided an apartment and found over a pound of marijuana. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office executed a
FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA – A Hampton man has been sentenced to only a fine after a tryst in hotel room that spread a dangerous disease. Ismael Alfaro, age 34, stood charged with
In December 2016, the state’s Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) lowered its projection for the current fiscal year (FY 2017), which means the current state budget is no longer in compliance with the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today questioned President-elect Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related
Guest Editorial: Iowa Sales Tax: Not everyone plays by the same rules. When rules are manipulated to benefit a select group or individual, others are placed at a disadvantage, both competitive and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – College students across the United States continue to be targeted in a common employment scam. Scammers advertise phony job opportunities on college employment websites, and/or students receive e-mails on