NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Officials say some of the nearly 170 dogs seized from a puppy mill in northern Iowa are being placed with shelters and rescue groups across the Midwest.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced Tuesday that dogs have been sent to Iowa ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City woman has been accused of filing false health insurance claims for her family.

Cerro Gordo County court records say 34-year-old Amber Griffin is charged with four counts of insurance fraud-presenting false information and one of theft. The records don’t ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has been charged with vehicular homicide after being accused of causing a motorcycle crash that killed a Mason City woman in September.

The Globe Gazette reports that 40-year-old Brandon Roy Kellar has been ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled in 2020 in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former school district official in northern Iowa.

Mason City Schools’ former human resources director Jodie Anderson filed the lawsuit in July, alleging that men employed by the ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Republican running to be treasurer of northern Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County was fired from her job as deputy county treasurer two years ago because she made disparaging remarks about her co-workers in thousands of emails, documents show.

The documents were part of ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A library board member says a genealogy group will be moving its material out of the Mason City Public Library.

The

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man.

The Globe Gazette reports that 21-year-old Braedon Bowers was sentenced Friday in Cerro Gordo County ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been accused of stealing prescription drugs turned in to the Mason City Police Department.

Cerro Gordo County court records say 43-year-old Melinda Severs, of Dumont, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs. The records ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man convicted of sex abuse counts involving dependent adults he was hired to care for has been jailed for violating pre-sentencing rules.

The

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Police say human remains found in Iowa are that of an Arkansas woman missing for nearly 10 years.

Bentonville police Sgt. Greg Page said Tuesday that the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office in Iowa has confirmed the remains found on May 20 near Mason City are those ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Volunteer students will be helping plant trees in north-central Iowa’s Mason City next week.

On Wednesday, fifth-grade students from Newman Catholic Schools will plant nearly 40 trees along Taft Avenue. The effort is part of the “Trees for Kids” program offered ...

GARNER, Iowa (AP) — An October sentencing has been scheduled for a northern Iowa man accused of using a belt to spank a 4-year-old child.

Hancock County court records say 33-year-old Charles Pennington, of Mason City, pleaded guilty to child endangerment after making a deal with ...

ROCKWELL, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Mason City man died has died after falling into a grain bin at Five Star Co-op in Rockwell.

The Globe Gazette reports that the incident happened Friday morning. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office has ...

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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man accused of sexually assaulting two of his caretaker clients has made a plea deal.

Cerro Gordo County District Court records say 19-year-old Wasfie Alshara filed written pleas of not guilty Wednesday to two counts of misdemeanor assault with intent ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa jury has found a man accused of murder guilty of a lesser offense: voluntary manslaughter.

Jurors took about three hours Monday to return their verdict on 21-year-old Braedon Bowers. He’d been charged with first-degree murder in the May 30, 2017, ...

GARNER, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa county has approved a construction permit for a new proposed hog confinement operation.

The Globe Gazette in Mason City

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 55-year-old woman has been ordered to pay back more than $32,000 she stole from her employer in Mason City.

Cerro Gordo County District Court records say 55-year-old Melissa Gott, of Mason City, was sentenced last week to three to five years of probation and told ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trial is expected to begin Monday of a man accused of stabbing to death a Mason City resident.

Cerro Gordo County District Court records say 21-year-old Braedon Bowers has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Authorities say he stabbed ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former janitor accused of video recording people in a northern Iowa school staff restroom has been given 60 days in jail.

Cerro Gordo County records say 47-year-old David Bemis, of Mason City, also was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation and fined $1,260. ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a Mason City caretaker accused of sexually assaulting two of his clients.

Cerro Gordo County Court records say 19-year-old Wasfie Alshara has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of sexual abuse. His trial is scheduled to begin ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man accused of stabbing five people at a downtown bar intends to rely on defenses of intoxication and diminished responsibility.

The

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A nurse accused of stealing pain pills while working in a northern Iowa hospital has pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors say 58-year-old James Moorehead, of Mason City, entered pleas Monday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. The charges: one count of acquiring a ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say the old Canadian Pacific train depot in Mason City can be moved elsewhere instead of being demolished.

Station KIMT reports that a ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Cerro Gordo County auditor has resigned just four months after taking office.

Riley Dirksen ran unopposed in an April special election to replace Ken Kline, who quit to take a state post.

Dirksen says his videogame business occupies much of this time, ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A genealogy library in northern Iowa that has served residents for about four decades may need to find a new home by the end of September.

The

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials in northern Iowa are looking for a work release prisoner who walked away from a residential facility without permission.

Prison officials say 29-year-old Matthew Ernest Andersen left the Beje Clark Residential Facility in Mason City on Wednesday night and ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A new health center in Mason City is expected to provide much-needed medical and dental care to low-income residents of the community who currently need to travel to other cities for help.

The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge is set to open another location in ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former school district official in northern Iowa has filed a lawsuit alleging gender and wage discrimination.

Mason City Schools’ former human resources director Jodie Anderson filed the suit Friday, the

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota company is studying the feasibility of moving a historic northern Iowa train depot that otherwise faces demolition.

Thein Moving Co. has begun a feasibility study on relocating the Mason City Depot,

SHEFFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Eugene Sukup (SOO’-kuhp), who founded a grain bin and dryer company in northern Iowa, has died at the age of 89.

Retz Funeral Home in Sheffield says Sukup died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. Services are scheduled Tuesday in Hampton.

Sukup ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City caretaker is accused of sexually assaulting two of his clients.

Cerro Gordo County Court records say 19-year-old Wasfie Alshara is charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse. He remained in jail Thursday morning. The records don’t list the name of ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Charles City man twice convicted of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy has been sentenced.

Court records say 62-year-old Doug Lindaman was given two years Friday. He’d been convicted in April of misdemeanor assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He’s said he ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A sewer line collapse in Mason City is causing untreated wastewater to flow into the Winnebago River in northern Iowa.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the city and its contractor were unable to complete repairs to the sewer on Friday and plan to resume ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota publisher has been named publisher for Lee Enterprises’ Globe Gazette in Mason City.

The Globe Gazette ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials and volunteers in northern Iowa want to save a historic train depot targeted for demolition by a railroad company.

Mason City officials plan to move the Milwaukee Road Depot to a temporary location,

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police in the northern Iowa’s Mason City say two apartment complexes near an overflowing creek have been evacuated.

Police say the decision to evacuate Autumn Park and Chelsea Creek apartment complexes on Friday came after nearly 6 inches of rain fell in the area, ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former janitor accused of video recording people in a northern Iowa school staff restroom has changed his plea to guilty.

Mason City station

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his grandparents to death in the Mason City home they shared has pleaded guilty in the case.

Codie Matz is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 61-year-old Kenneth Hackbart and 62-year-old Kathleen Hackbart. The ...

BRITT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they’ve charged a Mason City man who used a belt to spank a 4-year-old child.

Hancock County Court records say 33-year-old Charles Pennington is charged with felony child endangerment resulting in injury. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has been given 10 years in prison for injuring his infant daughter.

Court records say 28-year-old Jeremy Rose was sentenced Monday. He’d been found guilty of child endangerment resulting in serious injury.

Rose was arrested after officers and ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Friends and family of a northern Iowa TV news anchor missing since 1995 hope a new billboard campaign will help solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Jodi Huisentruit went missing on her way to work June 27, 1995, at station KIMT in Mason City. Investigators have ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found in the Mason City area.

The Iowa Public Safety Department said in a news release Wednesday that someone called 911 on May 20 to report the discovery to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office.

The remains are ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of people lost power when a powerful thunderstorm swept through several communities in northern Iowa.

Howling winds of up to 70 mph were reported Monday evening as hail pounded the Clear Lake-Mason City area. Several trees were toppled, power lines were ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Health officials in northern Iowa have confirmed seven cases of whooping cough in Cerro Gordo County.

Mason City television station KIMT reports that the ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 60-year-old man has been imprisoned for the death of a woman after a collision in northern Iowa.

Court records say Paul Wood, of Manly, was given 10 years in prison Monday at his sentencing in Mason City. He’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and two counts of ...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say three people have died in a two-vehicle crash in northeastern Iowa.

Mason City television station KIMT reports that the crash ...