NorthIowaToday.com

Founded in 2010

News & Entertainment for Mason City, Clear Lake & the Entire North Iowa Region

Category: Watercooler

Iowa to auction unclaimed valuables on eBay

James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS – Add www.greatiowatreasurehunt.com to your Cyber Monday shopping list. Just in time for Christmas shopping, Iowa Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald will put 100 lots on the online

Read More »

Messages from the River

By Larry Stone, Cedar River Watershed Coalition Were the floods of 2008 trying to tell us something besides, “Gosh! What a lot of rain!”? What about the apparent trend to higher and

Read More »

OPINION: Ron Paul “true champion” of constitution

From Jason Stone – I’m so disgusted with all the quote “Christian Celebrities” listed on the following website: votingforsatan.com, and organizations like YOU Family BLeader for marginalizing the absolute best & by-far most Sensical, Authentically

Read More »

Ragan: Our 2012 accomplishments for vets

From Sen. Amanda Ragan – We’ve just celebrated Veterans Day and are quickly approaching Thanksgiving. Now—and throughout the year—we should remember and thank the vets we know for their service. Record numbers

Read More »

BBC scandal spreads

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — They’re words that the BBC isn’t accustomed to hearing about itself: “shoddy journalism” on one of its premier investigative programs, “unacceptable mistakes” by

Read More »

No one talking after Austin, MN shooting

Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – Authorities have little to go on after 5 shot Though another day has passed since a shooting at Lansing Corners Event Center injured five people, those

Read More »

Grammy Museum takes charge of music history

By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Deep within the high-security Iron Mountain storage facility in Hollywood, where nearly every doorway except for the restroom is protected by a security-card

Read More »

The 10 best Bond villains ever

By Barry Koltnow, The Orange County Register – “You expect me to talk?” James Bond says with a defiant air, even as he is strapped to a table with a laser beam

Read More »

Series takes on history of ‘Mankind’

By David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram – How’s this for an audacious history lesson? In its new big-event TV series, the History channel will recap the entire story of mankind, covering every

Read More »