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MASON CITY – East State Street Utility and Street Improvements Project Begins Tuesday, September 4th. The East State Street rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 4th and extend through
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — After six seasons, MTV has decided we’ve had enough gym, tan and laundry. “Jersey Shore” is coming to an end. The reality
By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen’s “Anger Management” has managed a major renewal. The FX comedy starring the fired lead of “Two and A Half Men” has
By Malcolm X Abram, Akron Beacon Journal – So, do you remember when people wanted to be famous for something? As kids growing up in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, most wanted to
By Joe Flint, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Already one of the busiest correspondents working in television, production changes to his daily talk show could have CNN’s Anderson Cooper doing even
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Before dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver, badly injuring two
The 2012-13 hunting seasons for cottontail rabbits and squirrels (fox and gray) open Sept. 1. Cottontail Rabbits Based on the DNR’s August roadside survey of upland game, southern Iowa has the best
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – CLEAR LAKE – Around 1:20 pm Saturday, Clear Lake Firefighters responded to a brush fire at the 186 mile marker on the Avenue of the
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – Around 3:30 pm, Friday afternoon a report of a two car accident with injury was reported at the 196 mile marker on Interstate 35. AirMed
DES MOINES – Unseasonably warm weather and water temperatures have prompted concerns about microcystin, a product of blue-green algae. There are currently advisories for total microcystins for the beaches on Big Creek
By Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The dream, for Steve Harvey, was always late-night: the monologue, the desk, the studio band. It was the pinnacle for a successful stand-up comic,
By Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald – The kids are back in school, the superhero pictures are (almost) all gone and the Venice, Toronto and New York film festivals are about to begin.
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman faces new charges of criminal mischief and trespass after a flurry of incidents late last month. Angela Marie Honebrink, 24, was arrested and booked into
Four men and one woman have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Jeremy Jack Stanberg, age 32, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, received his prison term
(Mason City) — The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health’s Immunization Clinic will begin offering flu vaccines to the public starting Tuesday, September 4, 2012. In addition to administering flu vaccine
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – The hope is gone. Four years into the age of Barack Obama, and a dozen years into a new century, America is struggling to find its way.
By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “American Idol’s” game of musical chairs may have taken another casualty as new reports claim Randy Jackson is vacating his post as
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox are taking a page out of the successful 1997 re-release of the original “Star Wars” trilogy as
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Heath offers Senior Health Clinics to county residents age 55 and older. There is no charge. However, contributions are encouraged in order
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – URBANDALE, Iowa — President Barack Obama ripped the GOP’s recently wrapped convention as a “rerun” and a throwback to an earlier time, as he kicked off
City offices in Mason City will be closed on Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day. City transit buses will not be operating on that day. The make-up day for garbage
The following offender has escaped from a residential work release facility. The offender was transferred to this facility after being granted a work release by the Iowa Board of Parole. Work Release
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – BTN and Dish Network reached a temporary deal that will enable football fans to watch four season-opening games on the national satellite provider today. “BTN and Dish
by Matt Marquardt – Kyle Klinksiek will be challenging incumbent Jay Urdahl for the District 1 Cerro Gordo County Supervisor seat. Klinksiek, a 42 year-old truck driver, is running as an Independent.
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The horror film “The Possession” is set to claim the No. 1 spot over the Labor Day weekend, though the most frightening thing
By Melissa Ruggieri, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — Few legends are as candid as Loretta Lynn. Many are so robotically polished that they’ll dodge a question or spout a rote answer rather
By Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald – BACHELORETTE (R): Three former high school mean girls (Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher) are asked to be bridesmaids at the wedding of a friend
By Meg James, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Nearly 33 million people in the U.S. watched former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accept his party’s nomination for president on the final night
MASON CITY – On Friday, August 31st, convicted sex offender David John Banak was granted work release and transferred from Iowa’s Oakdale Prison to Mason City’s Beje Clark. In 2005 Banak was
By Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — After nearly a year of meticulous restoration, one of Motown’s historic pianos will soon make its way back to Detroit — but not before
Clint Eastwood made a fool of himself at the Republican convention. I love his movies as do millions of people all over the world…but this was beyond the pale. He’s too good
MASON CITY – Friday evening at about 7:24 PM, Mason City police were called by residents in the area of the 300 block of 1st Street SW reporting that a male was
NORTHWOOD – A tip from an NIT reader indicated that Northwood Mayor Randy L. Severson was recently charged with harassment. A check of online records confirms that Randy L. Severson was charged
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Although six in 10 jobs lost during the Great Recession paid mid-level wages, the majority of new jobs created in the recovery — positions
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey may not have her daily syndicated talk show dumping truckloads of cash at her feet anymore, but with OWN
From the Desk of Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer: It’s hard to believe that Labor Day weekend has arrived. It has been an eventful summer and I have enjoyed visiting with many of
By Barbara Shelly, Kansas City Star – The worker at the drive-through window of the fast-food restaurant was giving a virtuoso performance. She heartily greeted the occupants of every vehicle. She took their
MASON CITY – A woman sustained a minor injury Friday afternoon in a two car accident in Mason City. A car with three women inside was traveling westbound on 5th Street SW
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the popular situation comedy