Category: Watercooler

From Senator Amanda Ragan – One of the most rewarding things about being your State Senator is the conversations I have with young people who are getting involved in our democracy for

By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times  – LOS ANGELES — Animal Planet’s new reality show “Law on the Border” follows the K-9 unit of the Nogales Police Department as members “wage war”

MASON CITY – Beginning Monday August 27, 2012 at 7:00 AM, the Mason City Utility Division will begin Water Main repairs on S Monroe Ave. S Monroe Ave will be closed from

By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — With the Democratic and Republican national conventions just days away, there’s already suspense behind the camera: CNN is staring down one of

By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – Soap operas might be falling by the wayside, but that doesn’t mean daytime television is lacking drama. This fall, no fewer than five chatty contenders

By Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald – Opening Wednesday: LAWLESS (R): Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce are some of the bootleggers and lawmen trading bullets over moonshine during Depression-era Virginia.

By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Hangovers, breakups, Katy Perry lyrics — millennials are notorious for posting information online that older generations find either too personal or too

By Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune – Spike Lee’s movies generally attempt too much, try too many things, canvass a larger array of characters and situations than even a loosely structured story line

MASON CITY, IOWA – United Way of North Central Iowa would like to thank community members for donating to the Shoe Drive. Without your support, the Shoe Drive would not have been

By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – “The Apparition” wafts out of the ether like the ghosts of bad movies past, the very picture of the cinema’s Dog Days of August. It’s

AMES, Iowa – Aug. 23, 2012 – Travel during the upcoming Labor Day holiday may be slowed by road construction, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Several projects on Iowa’s interstate

MASON CITY – A Mason City woman who wishes to remain anonymous said today that late this week in the evening hours a van was following children on the city’s southwest side

According to a Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s incident report there was an altercation around 10:30 am Saturday morning between two inmates in the county jail. As a result 29-year-old Justin Lee Moor

Cambrex Charles City, Inc., a subsidiary of Cambrex Corporation, manufactures Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and pharmaceutical intermediates for both the generic and branded human pharmaceutical markets. Due to increased business opportunities, Cambrex

DES MOINES – Although Iowa has had some relief from the heat, there has been no improvement in rainfall. Again, rainfall in the last two weeks was half the normal rainfall for

President Obama speaks to the American people about the critical need to strengthen and preserve Medicare for our seniors and future generations. ‎”Here in America, we believe in keeping our promises –

Des Moines, Iowa – Fahad Nabeel Hussein Al-Daous, 33, from Waterloo, Iowa, appeared in federal court in Des Moines Wednesday to be sentenced after his plea of guilty one count of making

Photo sent by NIT reader while in Des Moines area of man with small child on motorcycle, high rate of speed, no helmets.  Should police have been called?

 A must see movie for our YOUTH, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, if you are ready to hear the TRUTH about President Obama! O B A M A’ S  A M E R I

WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Kay Bailey Hutchison and Representatives Lamar Smith and Frank Wolf are pressing for answers about allegations of misuse of FBI aircraft by Justice Department officials. Grassley,

By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Days Go By” is the first album since 2008 for The Offspring, and the title’s twilight tone makes you wonder what message

Charlotte Lichman, 51, of Nora Springs died August 20, 2012 at her home. A Memorial visitation will be held on Monday August 27, 2012 from 3 to 6 P.M. at Fullerton Funeral

AMES, Iowa – Aug. 23, 2012 – A public auction of state-owned equipment will be held by the Iowa Department of Transportation on its grounds in Ames, Saturday, Sept. 8, beginning at

James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — Secretary of State Matt Schultz is not unaccustomed to criticism. However, the former city council member thinks the brickbats he’s been getting for

Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board will not move forward with a complaint against state Board of Regents members Bruce Rastetter. The ethics board made the

MASON CITY – A Mason City man who was caught in a house with four other defendants by police after a neighbor reported that the owner was out of town and they

Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – E.L. James will sign copies of her bestselling “Fifty Shades” trilogy at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Barnes & Noble, 3225 W. 69th

By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Despite an order last month from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to its 7,241 member banks to stop using its name on any

From Clear Lake Police Department – CLEAR LAKE – Yesterday, August 22, 2012 Clear Lake police officers responded to a local Clear Lake motel on an anonymous tip that two men staying

Today’s feature story on the front page of the Globe Gazette only fortifies what most people in this city already know. We have a dysfunctional mayor and an inept administration in charge