Author: NIT Publisher

Mr. Uhlmann hoped a stop sign would slow down the drivers that whiz past his Mason City home regularly.

MASON CITY – All Mason City Park shelters and restrooms are now closed for the winter. Portable toilets will be available, weather permitting, at East Park Shelter #2, Prairie Playground, Monroe Park and Ray Rorick Park.

MASON CITY – Today at 12:16 pm, citizens reported a possible suicidal person in a vehicle in East Park. Mason City police officers arrived and determined that the person was deceased.

MASON CITY – Today at 12:19 PM, a person reported a car had gone off Birch Drive, flipped over as it went down the embankment, and landed on its roof in the Winnebago River.

The Iowa Traction Railroad did not have authorization from the City of Mason City, specifically the Mason City City Council, to install stop signs at this railroad crossing.

This is not an act of revenge but I feel the need to tell my side of the story which clearly differs from the story that was published in the Globe Gazette today.

MASON CITY – The MCPL will be offering Library Orientations & Tours conducted by Library Director Mary Markwalter.

MASON CITY – NIACC neighbors and a City Councilman attended a meeting of the Mason City Environmental Commission to explain their concerns about a Regional Training Facility that NIACC is planning to build on highway 122 in Mason City.

MASON CITY – Cyclists organize a local event to coincide with a national movement to raise donations for food bank and Humane Society.

The Mason City Public Library just re-opened. Have you visited? What is your impression?

MASON CITY – Southbridge Mall in Mason City will be offering “Trick or Treat” this Halloween on Sunday, October 31 from 3-5 pm.

MASON CITY – The Mason City Public Library will feature an African American History Program on October 28 in the MCPL Board Room on the 2nd floor.

MASON CITY – Rob and Joy Wilcox are worried. Already dealing with water issues at their home at 3902 4th Street SE in Mason City, a Regional Training Center already OK’d by the NIACC board of directors threatens to magnify the problem.

MASON CITY – Many banks are introducing more fees for services that were once free. Others are lending money while others are not. What banks in the North Iowa area do you find to be the best?

As a real estate professional who has worked in the Mason City and surrounding areas market for over 25 years, I am upset. You should also be upset.

MASON CITY – Join the Charles H. MacNider Museum for the opening reception of Marc Sijan: Being Alive on Friday, October 29, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Be one of the first people to see this remarkable exhibition featuring life-like sculptures!

MASON CITY – Mason City Public Library Director Mary Markwalter spoke to the City Council and Mayor at tonight’s City Council meeting and elaborated on the renovation project that is nearly complete.

Being the owner of a scanner, I hear the communication problems between dispatchers and law enforcement everyday.

MASON CITY – The ice rink at Ray Rorick Park in Mason City finally has lights.

If Mason City had a multi-purpose arena/civic center, would we be able to attract better entertainment?

MASON CITY – The businesses in downtown Mason City along the Streetscape project area will be assessed a 16% tax hike to help pay for the improvements.

Now these two have bloated salaries way too high for a city of this size, and these salaries will be in effect till they retire. I thought at the time that this was outrageous.