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Regarding the “Studies don't support cleanest' claim” article in The Globe Gazette, Sunday, June 4, 2017 edition: The writer of this article needs to compare apples to apples, not apples to potatoes.
There is weak and dangerous sentencing being used in North Iowa. Pretty much every morning while reading the Globe Gazette, I read where a criminal who committed a felony -- be it dealing meth or other dangerous drugs, or one who committed a home invasion, raped a child -- is getting off wit…
Looking through the Globe Gazette Sunday morning, I noticed there was a new event that started in Mason City. The first annual Mason City Pride. Every major city has a pride. Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Des Moines, to name a couple. I noticed the picture and the story was hidden on a back page, …
You know the old saying, "Don't toot your own horn?" But somebody needs to "toot' for our Mason City Municipal Band. What an enjoyable experience to listen to its music (at no charge). The concerts are at 7:30 Thursday evenings on the plaza, north of Southbridge Mall. Come and hear for yourself.
I watched with interest the rebroadcast of the meeting of the City Council.
We do not need another hotel/motel. We need the streets fixed. We have enough placed to stay, they just can not get there! Been in Mason City for almost 30 years and can not remember the last time the city has completely resurfaced or repair a street. Get rid of the plowed blacktop.
Sir, I read in your paper of today, the 31st instant, a letter from Ms. Linda Born of Clear Lake, who would have the City improve the band festival parade by the more prominent recognition of military veterans. I am grateful for her letter, as it affords me the opportunity to dissent.
No amount of "higher learning" in colleges or minds of men will solve the problems of our world which each day become more filled with hatred for one another. Only the love of Christ who sacrificed Himself through His life, death and resurrection can pull us from this abyss of horrendous sin…
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Another great North Iowa Band Festival parade is in the books, I have just one concern or suggestion to be offered. I think all Veterans - American Legion, Vietnam Veterans, and Marine Corp League - should be in a place of honor at the start of the parade instead of mixed in following cars, …
What's with the fixation on drones and the desire to regulate in Britt? You'd think they were falling out of sky comparable to the German bombing of London in WW2, all the while putting a live feed on Facebook from your bedroom window. You want to do something in the name of safety? Let's st…
The North Iowa Farmers Market started its summer market season on May 19, despite the rainy weather. Vendor expectations were cautiously optimistic about the day, and rightfully so. The opening market is usually slow, a lot of produce isn't in season yet and the market moved this year from t…
Good news: according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, more people are arming themselves than in the past 20 years.
Read through the obituaries published today in Globe Gazette.
Chief Meteorologist Matt Holiner has the day off. He will return with his video updates soon. In the meantime, you can get the latest forecast on our weather page.
It was a dying wish of Beryl Buffington to know that his handcrafted hobby train set and other miniatures have a new home to be preserved and enjoyed by others.
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Take a look at this list of the best school districts in Iowa using rankings from Niche.
An Iowa man is dead after the car he was driving crash through the front window of a local home Saturday morning. KCCI in Des Moines says the Iowa State Patrol responded to the crash east of Webster City. The patrol says 32-year-old Jory Lanken, of Kamrar, ran past a stop sign, entered a ditch and went airborne before plowing through the window. The car, a 2006 Pontiac G6, came to a rest in the living room. No one was home at the time. Authorities say Lanken was trapped in the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. July 2, 2022.
SLOAN, Iowa (AP) — All spring, Addy Johnson feared a repeat of 2015, when the poultry barn at the Woodbury County Fair featured none of her feathered friends.
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Photos from the final round of the 51st annual John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Silvis.
Photos from the third round of the 51st annual John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Silvis.
Content by Brand Ave. Studios. The annual Amazon Prime Day is coming July 12 and 13, and per usual will offer discounts on many of your favorite things.
Content by Brand Ave. Studios. The annual Amazon Prime Day is coming July 12 and 13, and per usual will offer discounts on many of your favorite things.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jose Alejandro Mejia-Martinez.
Terrionce C. Kitchen, wanted for the killing of Desavion Foster in May in Rock Island, was arrested in June in Arkansas. He has been returned to Rock Island County to face the charge against him.
The Scott County Attorney's Office has announced its decision in an officer-involved death. Jason James Morales died after a June 8 encounter with a Davenport police officer investigating a suspicious person report.
The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of Stanley Liggins in relation to the killing of 9-year-old Jennifer Lewis in 1990. The supreme court ruling related to the fourth time Liggins has been tried for Lewis' killing.
With Iowa Republican leaders likely to restrict access to abortion in the state following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this past month, a potential legal battle over access to abortion pills is brewing.
The State Library of Iowa announced that the Mason City Public Library has met the conditions for a state accreditation.
U.S. House Democrats this week unanimously blocked a measure that would have stopped President Joe Biden from canceling hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt.
DES MOINES — Iowans who want to use the state website for job search information remain unable to do so, as the iowaworks.gov website remained down Friday, as it has been all week.