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MASON CITY – Construction has started on a new Kwik Star convenience store and gas station in Mason City. Demolition of the Wooze’s Car Wash, which operated for decades at 1502 South
IOWA CITY – Ugo Nwaigwe has been named the director of women’s basketball operations, head coach Lisa Bluder announced Tuesday. Nwaigwe joins the Hawkeyes after spending the last year as an assistant
IRVING, Texas – Four Iowa State defensive players – JaQuan Bailey (DE), Ray Lima (DL), Greg Eisworth (S) and Marcel Spears Jr. (LB) – made the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team,
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Webster City doctor who made false statements to the United States Attorney’s Office about Medicare claims that the doctor had billed for his nursing home patients pled guilty
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the Taxpayer First Act becoming law. “This bipartisan, bicameral bill represents years of hard work and consensus building.
GREENE, IOWA – A lumber yard burned down in Greene on Monday. The Greene Lumber Company at 208 East Traer Street suffered a catastrophic fire Monday morning, July 8. Local fire departments
CYLINDER, IOWA – A Charles City man was arrested twice in the same day for public intoxication and drunk driving after putting his car in a ditch. On July 7, 2019 at
MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA – A teen that has been searched for over the last few days has been found dead in a river in Marshalltown. The Marshalltown Police Department reported this morning that
Carol Mrachek-Sawyer, 75, of Burnsville, Minnesota, formerly Charles City, Iowa, died peacefully in her sleep on July 7, 2019 with family by her side following a brief illness. Carol was a longtime
LEON, IOWA – An Iowa man made a big mistake Sunday morning when he was stopped by a police officer and decided to spray him with a chemical agent. Agents and crime
MASON CITY – A Best in Show Award Winner’s art will be featured in an exhibition opening at the MacNider Art Museum in Mason City. Larry Gregson, of Mason City, was awarded Best
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MASON CITY – The NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center will host the NIACC Pappajohn Entrepreneur Gala on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. The NIACC Pappajohn Entrepreneur Gala celebrates the entrepreneurs and partners who
PLYMOUTH, IOWA – The remains of a missing man were found in a pond at a campground in Plymouth Friday evening, authorities say. On July 5th, 2019 at 6:12 PM, the Cerro
CITY OF MASON CITY Publication Report 7/3/2019 Payee Description Amount —————————————— A1-PORTABLES MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 210.00 ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 1,098.09 ACCO OTHER SUPPLIES 2,428.00 ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC COPY CHARGE 371.90
CLEAR LAKE – A North Dakota man has been charged with boating while intoxicated at Clear Lake after a collision on the body of water. On July 4, 2019 at approximately 1:53
DES MOINES– Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Christopher Polking as a district court judge in Judicial Election District 2B. Polking, of Carroll, Iowa, received his undergraduate degree from Tufts
WEST DES MOINES – A man was shot dead by police in West Des Moines this week after confronting officers with a knife. On July 3, 2019 at 8:28 PM West Des
DES MOINES, Iowa (July 2, 2019) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has been selected for a $1.15 million cooperative agreement
AMES, IOWA – An Ames bank was robbed Wednesday morning and police are investigating the armed robbery, seeking three suspects. On July 3, 2019, at 9:20 AM, the Ames Police Department responded
RURAL WORTH COUNTY – A man and a woman were arrested after guns and illicit drugs were found in rural Worth county house. On June 28, 2019 at about 1228 hours the
RURAL NORTHWOOD – Authorities responded to a person in rural Worth county that was threatening to hurt herself, leading to their hospitalization. On June 26, 2019, the Worth County Sheriff’s Office was
DES MOINES – State Representative Sharon Steckman of Mason City this week reminded Iowans about several new laws that will take effect on July 1, the start of the state’s new fiscal
DES MOINES – State, federal and local law enforcement agencies will be focusing on the boating while intoxicated law as part of the national Operation Dry Water campaign to draw public attention
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Mason City Chamber of Commerce and their Worksite Wellness Committee, is announcing the fourth annual Workplace Wellness
IOWA — Former Colorado governor and Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper will return to Iowa July 7 and 8. Details below, more events to be announced. SUNDAY, JULY 7 WHAT: Hickenlooper to
HERAKLION, Greece – USA Basketball and Iowa State men’s basketball sophomore Tyrese Haliburton advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA U19 World Cup with a decisive 116-66 victory over Latvia Wednesday in
DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds on Tuesday received word that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made additional assistance available to public entities and nonprofits impacted by severe weather between March
MASON CITY – Jerel Jernigan and Ruth Miller have joined the North Iowa Area Community College Alumni Advisory Board. Jerel Jernigan graduated from North Iowa Area Community College in 2011 and Ball
Much of the advice given to us as young adults is to live in the moment – to feel at peace in the present and to not give much care for the
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FORT DODGE – A Fort Dodge convenience store was robbed and a young man is behind bars, charged in the incident. On July 1, 2019, at approximately 1:04 AM, the Webster County
WASHINGTON – Bernie 2020 today announced a record grassroots fundraising haul with nearly one million donations in the second fundraising quarter. Overall the campaign booked $24 million in the second quarter, raising
DES MOINES – Legislative advocates for reforming Iowa’s “worst in the nation” medical cannabis program say they will keep fighting for much needed reforms vetoed by Governor Reynolds. “Representative Forbes and I
MASON CITY – Michael Donovan will take over as the head coach for the NIACC men’s soccer program. Donovan takes over for Leo Driscoll, who was NIACC’s head men’s and women’s coach
Has it been a long time since you and your best girlfriends saw each other? Life can get in the way, especially with school, work, or when raising a new baby or
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement in response to recent media reports on new threats to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “For years, Big Oil and its
WINNESHIEK COUNTY – A Charles City man was hurt in a motorcycle accident. The accident took place on June 28, 2019 at about 4:55 PM, on Old Stage Road in Winneshiek county.
BOONE, IOWA – An Iowa woman left her 4-month-old baby in a freezing car and was only potentially saved from a terrible outcome after a police officer discovered the child alone in