by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Charles City police have arrested two boys as part of a case of so-called "MacGyver-style" bottle bombs being left on an elementary playground. Police say they took the two boys, ages 14 and 15, into custody on Thursday and charged them with having an...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
A former Mason City man who’s accused of murdering his long-time girlfriend has been moved from a hospital bed to a jail cell and has had his next court appearance set. Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Adams is accused in the July 14th murder of another former...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Outdoors
Iowans who have complaints, complements or questions about the Iowa Department of Natural Resources can speak up at a series of public forums starting next week. D.N.R. director Rich Leopold says it’ll be a good opportunity for citizens to share their thoughts...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Mason City Newmans’ Kyle McCann tossed a four-hitter and the Knights put the game away with two runs in the top of the seventh in a 4-0 victory over fifth ranked Alta in the Class 1A state baseball tourney. McCann says he had trouble getting the change-up and...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Business, Politics & Government
"Cash for Clunkers" is just about out of cash and the U.S. House will vote this afternoon to provide $2 billion more for the program that was designed to replace gas-guzzlers with new, fuel-efficient vehicles. Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat...
