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Over strong opposition from Iowans, the Governor signed a controversial bill this week that puts mental health, special education, reading recovery and other services at risk for our kids. It was a
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s Easter Sunday, the sweet-salty aroma of baked ham and devoured Peeps is wafting through kitchens across America, and somewhere an angry uncle is filling every square centimeter of his plate while declaring the World is doomed because his purple-haired niece recognized Transgender Day of Visibility.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Chicago heroin dealer tooling around Iowa with kids brought his loaded gun and a skunky snack, but cops ended his joyride and have delivered him to a jail cell for the next five years.
DES MOINES — MAGA Republican Attorney General for Iowa Brenna Bird clearly detests abortion and is using all the excuses to deny emergency contraceptives for rape victims under the guise of a year-long audit, and Democrats are furious.
DES MOINES – An Iowa man tragically lost his life early Saturday morning when the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was riding collided with a Toyota Corolla in a Des Moines intersection.
O’Shea Taelly Wright then grabbed a gun during a brawl outside a Waterloo nightclub on a New Year’s Eve night and fired multiple shots toward a group of people fighting nearby.
CEDAR RAPIDS – Alliant Energy named 41 Iowa communities, including Mason City, Clear Lake, Rolfe and Oelwein, to receive grants totaling nearly $145,000 through the company’s Community Tree Planting program.
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Safety announced the graduation of the 50th Certified Academy on Friday, March 29, 2024, at the Holiday Inn Airport Conference Center in Des Moines. The ceremony recognized a graduating class of 11 recruits.
BANCROFT, IOWA – A Northern Iowa woman accused of stealing over $5,000 from a booster club for kids and then quit her job as Bancroft library director won’t receive jobless benefits.
MASON CITY – A Mason City couple find themselves behind bars tonight after their motorcycle ride and possible delivery of meth was interrupted by our local law enforcement. The Cerro Gordo county
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa convict who was released from prison and provoked a 911 call from his girlfriend then ran from investigating Cedar Falls cops will resume his penal career for tossing a gun with an extended magazine during the chase.
The deployment of well over 100 personnel will last 28 days and conclude on April 27, 2024.
DES MOINES – Iowa Attorney Brenna Bird wants to make sure victims of sexual assault get no state help with emergency contraception, and state auditor Rob Sand is having none of her games. Bird is a MAGA Republican and a strong supporter of Donald Trump, who is an adjudicated sexual assault doer and advocates in no uncertain terms that grabbing a woman by her reproductive organ is a swell idea.
NEWTON – A Northern Iowa man who along with his nephew kidnapped a woman from a grocery store at gunpoint back in 1993 and committed heinous acts before leaving her in a ditch has died in prison.
RED OAK – The fertilizer spill near Red Oak in Montgomery County earlier this month killed nearly all the fish in an almost 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border.
DES MOINES – Kim Reynolds made it official yesterday, signing a bill into law that reforms Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) and giving teachers a bump in pay.
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who trafficked over 300 pounds of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison.
WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA – As a result of concerns regarding certain financial transactions and at the request of County officials, Iowa Auditor Rob Sand conducted a special investigation of the Webster County Public Health Department, discovering thousands in mis-spent and missing funds.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on March 25, 2024:
FOREST CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Winnebago county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on March 19, 2024:
MASON CITY – A Mason City man’s car left an off-ramp and struck a sign, sending it through his windshield Tuesday morning.
WATERLOO – Authorities released more details on a fatal shooting Monday in Waterloo, detailing the actions that led up to the final confrontation.
MASON CITY – The NIACC Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
DES MOINES – Governor Reynolds today issued the following statement on Senate passage of HF 2612 to reform Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, improve special education outcomes, and raise teacher salaries for new and experienced teachers:
NEW YORK – As Donald Trump awaits trial for allegedly paying a porno actress for a rousing time, the ex-President is ready to sell you a Bible to enhance your praying experience.
WATERLOO – A man was shot and killed by police in Waterloo Monday, the police department disclosed.
MASON CITY – Kraft sent NIT a notice today that 10 of its plants are getting improvements and its Mason City operation is on the list for millions of dollars to implement clean energy technologies.
MASON CITY – The following are the city council meeting minutes and expenses paid by the city of Mason City for the period ending on March 19, 2024:
DES MOINES — Governor Kim Reynolds is meeting with leaders in Perry today after Tyson Foods, a company from which she’s accepted at least $5,000 in campaign contributions, announced it’s closing a pork plant there, laying off more than 1,200 people, and leaving the community in further shambles.
MASON CITY – The following are the city council meeting minutes and expenses paid by the city of Mason City for the period ending on March 7, 2024:
AMES – If you will be traveling on northbound or southbound Interstate 35 between Huxley and Ankeny over the next couple of weeks, there are major road closures for road work that might impact your trip.
CHARLES CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Floyd county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on March 18, 2024:
RURAL MASON CITY – An Osage couple ended up in a ditch and then the hospital after snow and ice contributed to an auto accident this morning outside Mason City.
CHARLES CITY – A moldy, vacated and abandoned former nursing home in Charles City was on fire Friday morning, and firefighters cleared the strutted and doused the blaze.
“We can’t go back to the days when insurers could charge people with pre-existing conditions more, or even worse, deny them coverage. Today we are calling on our representatives to listen to their constituents. To stop sabotaging our health care.”
MASON CITY – The NIACC Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Monday, March 25, 2024.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS – A former Mason City man who used a choke hold to subdue a rowdy fella that caused death has finally been exonerated after years of court proceedings in Illinois.
PLYMOUTH – A Nora Springs man was rushed to Mercy Hospital after he rolled his Chevy Equinox several times, as police say no seatbelt was in use, but texting and alcohol were.
Duane Tesch has been dumping and burning junk at least since the 1990’s, according to the Iowa DNR, riling his neighbors and souring the soil, air and probably our water.