Accident With Injury In Mason City
Updated: 35 mins agoPolice respond to a two vehicle collision at South Monroe and 6th Street this afternoon.
Man Found Dead May Have Been “Scrapping” Wire
Updated: 1 hour agoThe Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death.
Nora Springs Levee Damage
Updated: 4 hours agoMany communities are still assessing the damage caused by all the rain we received over the last few weeks. One town is concerned about one area in particular.
Riceville Police Chief on Paid Administrative Leave
Updated: 21 hours agoNew // RICEVILLE, IA – Riceville Police Chief Kim Orth is on paid administrative leave, after a City Council meeting on June 12th. Riceville Mayor Dean Eastman is confirming that, but will not say why, and that it is a… More »
Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
Updated: 2 hours agoST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.
A statement from Flynn’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said he died
Railroad says no trace of fuel after derailment
Updated: 8 hours agoCHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Canadian Pacific Railroad says an evaluation shows no trace of fuel following a May derailment east of Charles City.
The Charles City Press reports (http://bit.ly/17XSVWy ) Wednesday that an evaluation commissioned by… More »
Iowa seeks federal disaster status for 47 counties
Updated: 2 mins agoDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says storms that brought flooding to Iowa since May 19 caused an estimated $22 million in damage that is eligible for federal public assistance. As a result he has signed… More »
Mikulski backs oversight of military academies
Updated: 36 mins agoANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski has called on the Pentagon to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual assaults.
Mikulski wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
2 kids in diapers found playing on Minn. highway
Updated: 43 mins agoMOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Moorhead police say a young brother and sister were found playing on a highway after leaving their locked home as their parents slept.
Police say the 3-year-old boy and his 2-year-old sister were seen… More »
Best Buy recalls batteries over fire risk
Updated: 46 mins agoBest Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that there have been 13 reports that the battery caught fire. One consumer suffered