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DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Reynolds signed SF 192, a bill that increases per-student education funding by 3 percent, bringing general fund spending on K-12 education to $3.8 billion.
DUBUQUE – A man was shot and killed in downtown Dubuque this morning, police said. Dubuque police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the 700 block of Rhomberg Avenue this
MASON CITY – NIACC’s Brynn Stalberger and Emily Jones both earned ICCAC softball player of the week honors for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
Craig Gordon Ensign, 80, of Clear Lake, Iowa, died on Sunday, February 5, 2023, at Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake.
IOWA CITY – Iowa is one of the hottest teams around, winning three-straight games, but the next matchup will be their toughest tussle to date when they travel to West Lafayette to
CLEAR LAKE – The Iowa DNR is reminding folks that ice fishing shelters must be removed soon, as Spring-like weather is approaching.
Glenn A. “Freddy” Frederick, 88, of Clear Lake, IA, passed away February 5, 2023, at MercyOne Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, IA.
DES MOINES – Iowa’s 2022 deer harvest increased seven percent over the 2021 season.
Robert Allen Mortensen was born July 24, 1931, in Dolliver, Iowa and died peacefully at the age of 91 on Feb. 4th, 2023.
DUBUQUE – An Iowa school suffered a terrorism threat, and students and staff hid till late afternoon while cops searched for a bomb – then, another threat emerged.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 6, 2023:
Marlene Marie (Dreyer) Sandersfeld, 90, of Latimer, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2023, at Franklin Country View Nursing Facility in Hampton.
Stephen Edward Bonjour, 69, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2023, at his home.
Lori Ann (Kaufman) Knaack, age 53, of Reinbeck gained her angel wings on February 4, 2023, after a UTV accident.
IOWA CITY — University of Iowa National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced on Monday.
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who got out of prison, rented houses for drug deals and even got minors and his own kids in on the gig is going to prison for two decades.