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MINNEAPOLIS – The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team posted an 18-13 victory over No. 12 Minnesota in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,250 on Friday night in Maturi Pavilion.
Alfred J. “Shorty” Miller, 95, of Mason City, passed away Wednesday (February 1, 2023) at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – No. 3 Iowa State (13-2, 6-0 Big 12) survived a scare at West Virginia (7-4, 1-4 Big 12) Friday night, 20-13.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Communist China has sent a high-altitude surveillance balloon floating over the continental United States to gather data on sensitive areas, including Montana, where siloed nuclear weapons are stored.
Orlando H. Lindley, 91, of Nora Springs passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.
AMES – No. 12 Iowa State will be looking to get back into the win column and continue its unbeaten campaign at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday against Baylor. The Cyclones are coming
William C. “Bill” Blanchard, 86, of Manly, died Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
DES MOINES – Kim Reynolds, Iowa’s Republican Governor, welcomed a right-wing education group based in Florida to Des Moines Thursday and blasted “sexually-explicit books” in schools to the cheers of the crowd, vowing to “fight” with “angry” parents for school curriculum transparency.
Martin Herman Meier, 92, of Swaledale, IA, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Sunday January 29, 2023 at the Sheffield Care Center.
Cindy Sue (Cottrell) Monaghan, 63, of Mason City, IA, passed away January 29, 2023, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
PALO ALTO COUNTY – A probation checkup at a rural Northern Iowa residence led to the discovery of meth and the arrest of two persons.
HAWKEYE, IOWA – A Northern Iowa man is accused of an intimate relationship with a minor female and faces serious charges.
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds has selected Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Osborn as the 28th Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard.
Peter B. Holloway, 77, of Britt passed away on January 28, 2023 at Hancock County Health Systems.
Michael A. Halverson, 67, of Coulter, passed away Friday, January 27, 2023 at his home.
John Casey Heuberger, 68, of Sheffield, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
AMES – Former Iowa State men’s basketball player Tyrese Haliburton has been named to the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. The starting point guard for the Indiana Pacers, Haliburton joins Jeff Hornacek in 1992 as the only Cyclones to be selected to the game.
Uva Grace McKee, 94, of Osage went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 30, 2023, at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Osage.
Barbara Jean Cormaney, 93, of Iowa Falls, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2022 at Bethany Life in Story City.
BURT, IOWA – One person is dead and a man was life-flighted by Mercy Air-Med to a burn unit in Iowa City after a fire destroyed a house in this small Kossuth county town.