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IOWA CITY – An Iowa sex offender who o was sent to prison for a quarter-century has died in prison, officials say. Jonathan William Strain was pronounced dead, likely due to complications
CHARLES CITY – Cambrex today announced that it is expanding its mid-scale and large-scale API manufacturing capacity in Charles City, Iowa. The $50+ million investment is designed to meet the continually growing
WASHINGTON — Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has been infected with COVID-19, he announced, and the 87-year-old is now in quarantine. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding exposure
IOWA CITY – An Iowa man who once attacked a child in an elementary school bathroom with a steak knife and was sent to prison for life has died of Covid-19, officials
AMES – The preseason recognition continues to roll in for junior guard Ashley Joens, who was named to the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
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IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior defensive lineman Zach VanValkenburg has been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, following Iowa’s 35-7 win at Minnesota, as the Hawkeyes retained
CHARLES CITY – The Charles City library is closing due to Covid-19, the City announced. Due to COVID-19 issues, the Charles City library will be closed to the public at least until
DES MOINES – Monday evening, Gov. Reynolds signed a new Public Health Disaster proclamation that imposes a number of additional public health measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These new measures
FORT MADISON – A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary at approximately 2:42 p.m. Monday afternoon. The officer was working at their post in a living
DES MOINES – The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office was notified late last week by Buena Vista County Auditor Sue Lloyd that her office failed to account for 95 absentee ballots in
MARION, IOWA- Ashley Hinson, Congresswoman-elect for Iowa’s district 1 seat in Congresss, is infected with COVID-19. Hinson’s campaign sent a statement last week revealing she found out about her positive test on
MASON CITY – Mason City administrator Aaron Burnett offered an update on the status of the community that will be released at Tuesday’s city council meeting: COVID continues to impact our community
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amidst a busy weekend filled with golf and tweets about poor ratings and conspiracy theories, outgoing current President Donald J. Trump admitted Joe Biden beat him in the 2020
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, today announced that the independent, NIH-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against COVID-19, has
FORT DODGE – NIACC freshman Sarah Bertry placed second at the NJCAA Division II national championships on Saturday at the Lakeside Golf Course. Bertry earned her second-place finish in a time of
FORT DODGE – National champions. That’s what the members of the 2020 NIACC men’s cross country team can call themselves for the rest of their lives. NIACC claimed the school’s first national
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Army announced the deaths of five soldiers who were part of peacekeeping operations with the Multinational Force and Observers mission. The soldiers died as a result
MINNEAPOLIS – Iowa dominated Minnesota in a Big Ten rivalry road game Friday night. Iowa (2‐2, 2‐2) defeated Minnesota (1‐3, 1‐3), 35‐7, on Friday at TCF Bank Stadium. Iowa has won six
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who conspired to rig environmental testing at a large Iowa regional wastewater treatment plant was sentenced today. Patrick James Schwarte, age 71, from Sioux City, Iowa,
CEDAR RAPIDS – A convicted felon who robbed a bank five days after committing an armed robbery of a convenience store was sentenced on November 12, 2020, to 13 years in federal
DES MOINES – Governor Reynolds this week announced that Michael Boal has been promoted to Senior Legal Counsel in the Office of the Governor. Boal has served as the Governor’s Deputy Legal
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa men’s basketball All-American Luka Garza has been named the 2020-21 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. The announcement was made on Monday by the Big
CEDAR RAPIDS – Several Mason City nonprofit organizations are receiving community grants totaling $8,000 from Alliant Energy’s Foundation. “The services and programs our nonprofit partners provide are needed now more than ever,”
FORT DODGE – A Fort Dodge bar fight investigation started this weekend led to the arrest of a man with multiple guns and illegal drugs in his house. On Saturday, November 7
FAYETTE COUNTY – A missing teen from Chickasaw county was found in a rural Northern Iowa home with drugs, leading to the arrest of a woman. On November 7, 2020, at approximately
CEDAR RAPIDS – A drug user and marijuana seller who shot a gun at fellow drug traffickers was sentenced November 4, 2020, to three years in federal prison. Jacob Tyler Ray Foss,
AMES – Iowa State’s JaQuan Bailey and Will McDonald are two of 20 players who made the updated Ted Hendricks Award Watch List, announced today by the Ted Hendricks Foundation. The award
AMES – Iowa State women’s basketball senior center Kristin Scott was named to the Lisa Leslie Award Watch List for the second-consecutive year, the WBCA announced Friday. Last season, Scott finished the
WINNESHIEK COUNTY – A missing Minnesota hunter from Austin was found dead after a search in Northern Iowa. On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at approximately 6 pm, the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden announced the appointment of Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President. A longtime aide to the president-elect, Klain will oversee the
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WASHINGTON – Two U.S. election security organizations jointly said tonight that the November 3rd election was “most secure in American history” and there is no evidence of errors in any voting systems.
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man has been sent to prison for a drunk driving accident that took a child’s life last year. An auto accident occurred in Floyd county on
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who sold cocaine and firearms, including a machinegun with an integrated silencer, to another drug dealer was sentenced today to serve thirty years in federal prison. Raven
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa podiatrist who wrote fraudulent hydrocodone prescriptions to acquaintances so that they would fill the prescriptions and give him pills was sentenced on November 6, 2020. Steven Walter
CLARION — An ammonia leak in Wright County was investigated by the Iowa DNR. Monday afternoon, November 9, DNR staff were rechecking a discharge from a fertilizer plant into a drainage ditch
MASON CITY – As the coronavirus metrics for Cerro Gordo County and statewide, as well as for the district, continue to trend in the wrong direction, the Mason City School District provided