Category: Watercooler

By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Authorities are investigating an allegation by the mother of “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter that her daughter’s 18-year-old boyfriend had

By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times – When Jarrod Musselwhite, a 27-year-old single dad from rural Georgia, was feeling confused about his relationship with a girl he’d met online, there was one person

MASON CITY – Shortly after 3 pm Wednesday Mason City police responded to a call from the Department of Human Services requesting assistance from officers with an intoxicated male. Officers arrived on

By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — U.S. exports rebounded strongly in September and helped narrow the monthly trade deficit to nearly a two-year low — an encouraging sign for the

From Iowa Rep. Linda Upmeyer – The 2012 elections have drawn to a close, and our televisions, mailboxes, and e-mail accounts have finally returned to normal, something I think we were all

By Hannah Allam and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Foreign policy wasn’t the issue that got President Barack Obama re-elected Tuesday, but with upheaval in the Middle East, a war

MASON CITY – City offices will be closed on Monday, November 12, 2012, in observance of the Veteran’s Day holiday. City transit buses will be operating that day. The make-up day for

By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – In the late 18th century, as America was on the cusp of revolting to free itself from the tyranny of arbitrary rule by people born to

James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – JOHNSTON – Fresh off re-election to a sixth term, western Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King says it’s too early to talk about the next election, but

MASON CITY – Joshua Henry Joyce escaped from Beje Clark Residential Center on October 28, 2012 and was apprehended by Mason City police on November 7, 2012 and is now in the

By Derrick Morgan – Gallup polls recently confirmed that most Americans think the government is trying to do too many things (54 percent) and that it shouldn’t promote traditional values (52 percent). 

By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times – Frank Peppiatt, the co-creator of “Hee Haw,” a landmark variety show mixing country music with “corny” humor that became one of TV’s most unlikely and longest-running

By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA—The political law of gravity suggests President Barack Obama should not have been able to survive a weak economy and an impassioned opposition — or, at

By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s victory all but assures that his landmark health care law and its guarantee of insurance coverage for nearly all Americans

From Clear Lake Police: At approximately 2:50 p.m. today the Clear Lake Police received a call from a 32 year old female who had been assaulted physically by her boyfriend and then

McClatchy-Tribune News Service These were the Top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks from Oct. 29-Nov. 4: 1. Magic Mike — Warner 2. That’s My Boy — Sony 3. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s

By Steve Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Skyfall” will live it up another day when the new James Bond movie arrives on U.S. shores after a smashing debut overseas. The

MASON CITY – Cammera Marie Reibsamen, age 32, was arrested shortly after 2 am Tuesday morning after Mason City police pulled over a vehicle she was driving for a vehicle registration violation.

MASON CITY, IA – Local cyclists will hold their annual food drive, “Cranksgiving”, to help feed the hungry in North Iowa. Area cyclists are invited to meet at Lorado’s on the Plaza,

By Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On the day of his father’s 94th birthday, and the day after the country re-elected President Barack Obama president, evangelist Franklin Graham

From Christie Vilsack, who lost to Steve King for Iowa’s 4th congressional seat – Last night we came up short, but I have no regrets. We ran a great campaign. I am

It’s Tuesday, election day, around 7 PM.  No winners or losers yet. I feel compelled to think out loud, something I haven’t done for months, really. Let me begin with some of

From the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office: Today at approximately 2:51 p.m. North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force officers attempted to stop a suspended driver in the 00 block of 9th Street

By Anna Gorman and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A measure that would require porn performers to wear condoms while filming in Los Angeles County was way ahead

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today released the following statement regarding last night’s election results: “Iowa voters once again chose divided government, and their message was unmistakable: They want us

MASON CITY – A man who helped two women out of a burning house this past July is now in jail on a warrant for aggravated domestic assault and faces new charges

By David Ng, Los Angeles Times – Broadway shows reported declines in box-office revenue across the board last week following super storm Sandy. Total Broadway grosses were $13.6 million for the week

By Joe Flint and Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times – Normally, an advertiser would be thrilled that its product is getting free exposure in one of the nation’s most popular movies. But

By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times – Teri Shields, who began promoting and managing the career of her daughter, actress Brooke Shields, when she was an infant and later earned criticism for

By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times – Voters in Arizona’s Maricopa County have re-elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the face of Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law. With 82 percent of the county’s precincts

(DES MOINES) – Entrepreneurs in Iowa now have a new online business resource to help them develop their products and ideas.  Governor Branstad, Lt. Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA)

By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times – Technology-enhanced super-soldier Master Chief has always been efficient, even by military standards. Drop the “Halo” protagonist on any alien-infested setting featured in the last three games