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SEDONA, AZ – A local jewelry store owner was sentenced on Thursday to 1,440 months without the possibility of early release in state prison for possessing and distributing child pornography,…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, House Ways and Means Committee…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13692,…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – The former chief of police of the Tama Police Department who stole and pawned a Tama police service weapon, two other guns held by the police department…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who embezzled labor union assets, was sentenced July 26, 2017, to twelve months’ in federal prison. Curtis Lang, 53, from Le Mars, Iowa, received the…
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MASON CITY – Two Charles City women say they are not guilty in an attempted booze heist from a Mason City grocery store. On May 29, 2017, at around 6:24…
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MASON CITY – A Mason City man was jailed for drunk driving early Monday morning. A Cerro Gordo county deputy stopped a vehicle at 1:21 AM, July 31 near Spruce…
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WEST UNION, IOWA – A Northern Iowa man was spotted by law enforcement allegedly inflicting and injury upon his young son at the fair, leading to the man’s arrest on…
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RURAL PALO ALTO COUNTY, IOWA – Law enforcement caught a Northern Iowa man with a stolen car, who had attempting to burglarize house rural home. On Thursday, July 27, 2017…
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DES MOINES – Attorney General Tom Miller today issued the following statement about the FDA’s announcement of a new comprehensive plan to shift the trajectory of tobacco-related disease and death:…
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CITY OF MASON CITY Publication Report 7/27/2017 Payee Description Amount —————————————— ——————— ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL CAMPGROUND SUPPLIES 411.72 ACCO OTHER SUPPLIES 2,382.50 ALL STAR PEST CONTROL CHEMICALS 60.00 ANDERSON, KAREN…
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MASON CITY – A Sheffield woman is behind bars after she faced a felony drunk driving charge – but instead took a plea deal. Records show 34-year-old Amy Marie Dahl…
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When deciding what your next car will be it can be difficult to know what advice to follow. For those people who are devoted to cars, it may take a…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that after a memo he issued earlier this year, federal gun crime prosecutions have risen 23 percent. Today, the U.S.…
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ANAMOSA, IOWA – A man who murdered his wife and her father in Storm Lake, Iowa back in 1996 has died in prison, officials say. Paeng Saengaroun was pronounced dead…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Chuck Grassley, and Sen. Al Franken introduced bipartisan legislation last week to increase the amount of information students receive about federal student loans,…
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DES MOINES – Today in a joint statement from AFSCME Council 61 and the Boulton for Iowa campaign, AFSCME Council 61 announced its endorsement of Nate Boulton for Governor. In…
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I read Tom Thoma’s letter in today’s Globe- Gazette. I have known Tom for decades and know him to be a decent human being. I have a suggestion for Tom;…
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KEOKUK, IOWA – Three Keokuk men were charged July 6, with animal torture after a video appeared online in early May showing the men with an injured opossum. Jerry McGee,…
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ESTHERVILLE, Iowa – Eagle Lake is a survivor. The 290-acre natural shallow lake on the Iowa-Minnesota border in northern Emmet County staved off being drained entirely in the early 1900s…
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DES MOINES – Today at the Iowa Statehouse, a state senator and an Iowa pediatrician proposed a plan to protect more than 11,000 Iowa children from losing health insurance on January…
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DES MOINES – Yesterday, at the 20th Biennial Convention of AFSCME Council 61, Danny Homan was re-elected as President of AFSCME Council 61 by acclamation. The membership also approved a…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a new comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation that will serve as a multi-year roadmap to better…
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HAMPTON, IOWA – A Hampton man was reported missing Friday, and a police search was conducted with a canine to help locate him. Hampton Chief of Police Robert Chief Schaefer…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Forest City investment adviser, who stole money from clients to fund the operation of an ethanol plant in Hopkinton, pled guilty yesterday in federal court…
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MASON CITY – Joshua Masson is pleased to formally announce his candidacy for the vacant 3rd Ward seat on the Mason City Council. Masson, 46, has been employed at Curries…
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A convicted felon who possessed a loaded handgun, a digital scale, and marijuana in December 2016, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. John Daniel…
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WAVERLY – Iowans interested in the results of a DNR study to improve water quality in Avenue of the Saints Lake in Bremer County can attend a meeting Aug. 9.…
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DES MOINES – The Iowa Public Information Board (IPIB) met on Thursday, July 20;20.17. At the meeting, the Board elected Mary Ungs-Sogaard, Dyersville, Iowa as Chair for the 2017-2018 fiscal…
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AMES – A season-opening showdown against Missouri and matchups with Iowa and Northern Iowa highlight Iowa State’s 2017-18 men’s basketball non-conference schedule for Steve Prohm’s third season at the helm…
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TRIPOLI, IOWa – Heavy rainfall last weekend in the Wapsipinicon and Plum Creek watersheds in Chickasaw and Bremer counties has caused a 60 foot by 40 foot section of the…
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DES MOINES – The Mason City Newman Catholic baseball team won the Class 1A state championship Saturday in Des Moines, defeating Martensdale St. Mary’s 8-3 at Principal Park. Starting Pitchers…
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MASON CITY – Iowa law enforcement officers recently joined agencies from five other states across the Midwest in a high visibility speed enforcement effort. From July 21-July 23, city, county…
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MASON CITY – RSVP of North Central Iowa has been awarded a $77,700 expansion grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Starting in late fall, RSVP will…
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HULL — The report of a fish kill sent DNR staff from Spencer looking for a pollutant source in a small creek on the southeast side of the Sioux County…
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MASON CITY – The filing deadline for persons interested in participating in the 2017 School Election is next week Thursday, August 3rd is the last day for candidates to file…
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URBANDALE, IOWA – Former legislator and outspoken Iowa right-wing Christian leader Bob Vanderplaats gave President Donald Trump and his toady Anthony Scaramucci a vicious tongue-lashing after Scaramucci this week unloaded…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve King released the following statement after introducing the “Census Accuracy Act of 2017.” King’s legislation seeks to improve the quality of data collected by the…
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