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WADENA, IOWA – An Iowa man is behind bars Tuesday after police say he tried to strangle and kill his father and then dump the body in a river. On October 2,
MASON CITY – Mercy Medical Center today broke ground on its new Behavioral Health Center expansion. The addition was announced in August by CEO Dan Varnum at a press conference held at
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who admitted buying multiple firearms for others, and lying on the acquisition forms, was sentenced today to two years in federal prison. Myneisha Washington, age 26, from
MASON CITY – A North End traffic stop early Monday morning led to the discovery of meth and the arrest of two men. A Mason City police officer stopped a vehicle at
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man has been arrested, charged with lascivious acts with a child. The Floyd county sheriff’s office arrested 33-year-old Jason Wilson on September 27 on arrest warrants
RUTHVEN, IOWA – A Northern Iowa man is behind bars today after he allegedly held a shot gun to a woman’s head and then shot up a car she was riding in.
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced the first Iowa death this year associated with West Nile virus. A middle-age adult (41 to 60 years of age)
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg released the results of the annual Iowa Governor’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Advisory Council independent evaluation. The report measures
HAMPTON, IOWA – The main economic development agency in Franklin county claimed today that a big ag business considered that county for a development that would have employed “hundreds” – but the
LAS VEGAS – Details are still emerging, but a gunman took more than 50 lives in what is being called the deadliest mass-shooting in U.S. history. The shooting happened in Las Vegas,
MASON CITY – A man accused of drunk driving, causing his license to be suspended as he awaits trial, was caught tooling around Mason City this weekend and taken to jail. A
MESERVEY, IOWA – A Meservey man was jailed recently after harassment complaints. A person reported harassment in Meservey on September 22, leading to a charge of first-degree harassment against 36-year-old Daniel Lloyd
Everyone pretty much looks at life and the things that make it up through their own eyes. Viewpoints are like fingerprints – they are meant to differ from one another, that’s what
The following is a list of updates to state programs from the Iowa Democratic Party: New Medicare Cards Coming The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be sending out
MASON CITY – A convicted meth crook who said he would blow up a Mason City building and kill the occupants was caught by police after a stop sign violation. A Mason