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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…
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The Mason City Farmers Market will see a location and time change for the 2022 season according to a press release on Friday.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — For a second straight day, police in Cedar Rapids have responded to a fatal shooting within the city.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says that a pair of tax cut proposals coming from Senate and House Republicans that differ from her proposed cuts only indicate that momentum is building for changes in Iowa's tax collections. Her comments came during a press availability Friday in Sioux Center.
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — A taxpayer-funded tourism agency in Alabama is standing by its chief executive after he pleaded guilty to felony fraud in Iowa, where a music festival he oversaw lost millions.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police responded to a shooting report Thursday and found a body lying in a street in a residential area.
Here is the Cerro Gordo County Jail log for Jan. 28:
The Clear Lake and Mason City police departments worked together on the case.
Here is the Cerro Gordo County Jail log for Jan. 27:
Mason City police are looking for a man who they say robbed a Yes Way on the northside.
Some project 2023 include the airport terminal expansion, police and fire department building renovations and the city's street rehab program.
With the 2022 election only months away, North Iowans are voicing their concerns to politicians representing the community.
DES MOINES — The state tax on Iowans’ income would be lowered to 3.6 percent over five years for all filers and eventually phased out altogether under a tax proposal unveiled Wednesday by Republican lawmakers in the Iowa Senate.
DES MOINES — Iowa Department of Public Safety Director Stephan Bayens makes clear he’s not a cop.