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Soy Energy layoffs not yet confirmed

MASON CITY – Information obtained by NorthIowaToday.com this morning that layoffs occurred Monday morning at Soy Energy, LLC in Mason City has not yet been confirmed. Information stating that “everybody is laid

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EDITORIAL: Renewables at risk

By The CR Gazette Editorial Board – Is Iowa’s renewable-energy boom busted? We don’t think so. Yes, the remarkable growth of Iowa’s wind power and corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel industries has

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Convicted domestic abuser arrested again

SWALEDALE – A Clear Lake man was arrested on domestic assault charges on Friday, October 19th. Joseph Eugene Scarcello, 35, was arrested by Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s deputies in Swaledale at about

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Iowa Man Arrested in Death of Wife

Ogden, IOWA — On Sunday, October 21, 2012, at approximately 10:00 AM, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office communications center received a 911 call. The 911 call was placed by 28 year old

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Meghan Daum: Madonna’s tone-deaf tattoo

By Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times – There goes Madonna, classing up the joint again. To show her support of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban

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Smartphone addicts at work

By Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune – Like most well-adjusted Americans, I check my smartphone every 5 to 10 seconds. If I don’t, my hands sweat and I feel guilty for depriving the world

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Mason City man nabbed on warrants

MASON CITY – A Mason City man wanted on several warrants was picked up by Mason City police Friday afternoon. Mason City police say they received information that Max John Lindsay, 20,

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