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MASON CITY – Should political party operatives in Des Moines determine general election nominees using their bulging bank accounts before primaries are even held? Linda Upmeyer, Speaker of the Iowa House of
MASON CITY – The Mason City mayor and council took more steps this week to make sure the Renaissance Project takes flight, approving payouts to a hotel developer and a $8,000 study
MASON CITY — You get what you pay for, so the saying goes, and the Mason City council and mayor flubbed another project, wasting thousands of dollars on a fruitless search for
MASON CITY – A liberal Mason City man who delightfully endorses a game he coded called “Graveball” will likely be the next Cerro Gordo County Auditor. Former Cerro Gordo County Auditor Ken
The FBI has confirmed that on January 5, 2018, someone who was close to alleged Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz contacted the bureau, warning that Cruz had repeatedly expressed a desire to kill
MASON CITY – The Mason City council on Tuesday night gave final approval to sell $25,400,000 in General Obligation bonds and the city named a new source to help pay off the
Opinion: Mason City Mayor Bill Schickel violated Iowa open meeting laws at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. from: Matt Marquardt <northiowatoday@gmail.com> to: mayor@masoncity.net, Council Member Paul Adams <adamsatlarge@masoncity.net>, tthoma@masoncity.net, “Kevin E. Jacobson”
MASON CITY – A fake news class set to be taught by professor John Skipper of the Globe Gazette was cancelled due to low registrations. The class, offered through NIACC, was to
MASON CITY – The geniuses that call the business shots at the Globe Gazette in Mason City are firing as many as 12 employees due to the failure of the $2 million
MASON CITY – January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month – and the glaring reality here in town is that the City of Mason City has essentially turned its
MASON CITY – An out-going city council member in Mason City snubbed an award of recognition from incoming mayor Bill Schickel after she previously made a serious accusation of possible mis-approporation of
MASON CITY – Bill Schickel demanded bogus invoices totaling $110,000 from Gatehouse Mason City, LLC, be paid by the City even as they were owed nothing and the process of signing a
MASON CITY – A new report out this month lists newspapers as a dying industry in today’s economy. In the tumultuous business world, times change, industries come and go – nothing lasts
MASON CITY – The owner of the Globe Gazette – Lee Enterprises – bragged about using thinner paper to report the news and other tricks designed to stay in business under crushing
by Max Frank Weaver of Mason City – I hope you prove me wrong Councilman. There’s so much one can say about the art of this deal. How it came in just
by Matt Marquardt, NorthIowaToday.com Publisher – By now, some of you have heard that there was an incident at a “human rights symposium” held Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at the Mason City
MASON CITY – An apparent homeless man was given an earful early Saturday afternoon by a woman. NIT was alerted that a man who claimed to be homeless was camped out on