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By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — If this was Jake Peavy’s final start at U.S. Cellular Field as a member of the White Sox, his teammates didn’t present him with
By Dan O’Neill, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – MEDINAH, Ill. — Now for the good part. The preliminary festivities concluded on Thursday at Medinah Country Club. There were bagpipes and blues, formal wear
From Senator Amanda Ragan – What gives Iowa a great quality of life? Good schools, great jobs, access to health care, fun things to do, interesting places to go or safe neighborhoods?
By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—First lady Michelle Obama came to Chicago Thursday to tape a television show and make two fundraising appearances for her husband Barack. After arriving in Chicago
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times – Herbert Lom, the actor who played Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies and was memorably reduced to eye-twitching madness dealing with Peter Sellers’
PROVIDENCE, RI—William L’Europa, 47, of Cranston, co-operator of McCauley and L’Europa Public Adjusters LLC and PIA Restoration LLC, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Providence to federal charges of conspiracy
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – DENVER — Baseball is a numbers game, and for the 2012 Cubs, the outrageous numbers just kept piling up after a 7-5 loss to the Rockies
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities working closely with their U.S. counterparts scored big in the fight against drug cartels with the capture of a top
By David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The mass arrests of Occupy Chicago demonstrators that city leaders praised as a model for respecting protesters’ rights were ruled unconstitutional Thursday by a
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Three months ago, Timberwolves forward Kevin Love publicly challenged his organization to make the kind of personnel moves that will convince him, Ricky
By E. Scott Reckard, Andrew Tangel and Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A shadowy but well-organized hacker group in the Middle East has disrupted the electronic banking operations of
By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—As expected, the NHL on Thursday canceled the remainder of its scheduled exhibition games, putting an on-time start to the season in serious jeopardy.
By Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — In a session called “Protecting the Right to Protect,” George Zimmerman’s lawyer will speak this weekend at a convention of gun-rights activists.
By Mark K. Matthews, Orlando Sentinel – WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama ended a months-long fight over NASA relics this week when he signed into law a bill that confers full ownership of early
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee on Thursday fired a firm it had hired to register voters in several battleground states after allegations of voter registration
MASON CITY – The North Iowa Area Community College Art Gallery is currently exhibiting the two person show of Kentucky graphic artists Jeff Jensen and Matthew Tullis. The artwork ranges in media
By Kevin Ding, The Orange County Register – Like Dwight Howard, James Worthy was a chosen one — the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. Eight years into Howard’s career,
By Victoria Kim and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—The filmmaker behind the anti-Islamic video that has sparked violence across the globe was arrested Thursday on suspicion of violating the
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad announced today that the Central Decatur Community School District and the Saydel Community School District won a grant in partnership with the National Institute for
New Report: Iowa Families Buying Health Insurance Would Pay Much More under Romney than under ObamaCare Families Buying Health Coverage on Their Own Would Pay an Average of $11,163 under Romney’s Proposals
By Rick Montgomery, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Car rental giant Enterprise Holdings has joined the rest of its industry in backing federal legislation to prohibit companies from
By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News – Furnace dead? Plumbing sprung a leak somewhere? Many homeowners know the dread of a repair they can’t fix, with nowhere to turn. But help
By Jonathan S. Landay and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – UNITED NATIONS — Armed with a cartoonlike picture of a smoldering bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday called on the world
By Seema Mehta, Maeve Reston and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – SPRINGFIELD, Va. — President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory in Virginia ended the GOP’s nearly half-century reign over the commonwealth.
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMCB) agreed to pay a $600,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that
DALLAS, Texas – Iowa State offensive lineman Carter Bykowski has been selected by The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame as one of 147 candidates for the 2012 NFF
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times – DURHAM, N.C. — An Army general who was sent home early from Afghanistan in May has been charged with forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct and other
Marc Morehouse, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – From Iowa sports info: IOWA BASEBALL Former Hawkeye Bo Porter Named MLB Manager HOUSTON, Texas – Former University of Iowa dual-sport athlete Bo Porter
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rejecting warnings that it could ignite a trade war, the Obama administration on Thursday said it planned to change its tomato-trading rules with Mexico,
Michael Schaffer, Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa – CENTERVILLE — One of three Appanoose County men accused of disrupting 911 service June 6 has been sentenced to state prison. Timothy John Hatfield, 25,
By George Sipple, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — An announced crowd of 33,019 witnessed strikeout history by Doug Fister, a comedy of errors in the infield by the opposition and a
From the Osage Police Department – Good Shepherd, Inc. in Mason City, Iowa provides a free Telephone Reassurance Program to all Senior Citizens in the surrounding counties including Mitchell County. The Program
From Alliant Energy: Audit affirms company’s focus on customers CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – September 27, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), an Alliant Energy company (NYSE: LNT) announced today that
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — Early voting, which gets under way in Iowa today, makes casting a ballot easier and, according to supporters, increases turnout. Voting participation in
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – After Iowa’s upset loss to Central Michigan last Saturday, Nate is sharing thoughts about what it’s like for a team that is questioning itself, and how he
CHARLES CITY – Today, agents with the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office charged 33 year old Casey Fredericksen in the 2005 death of five-year-old Evelyn Miller. Frederiksen
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Competition Commission
MASON CITY – All across Iowa, ballots are already being cast as absentee voting for the November elections begins. “Starting this morning in Iowa, just about every day for the next 40
FLOYD, IOWA – Today, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Floyd County Sheriff’s Office will hold a press conference to inform the public and media of a significant development in the
DES MOINES – The Iowa Board of Medicine has suspended a Hampton doctor who is accused of sexual misconduct. The allegations include what the board calls a “pattern of sexual misconduct” including making