See local bars and restaurants that plan to show the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark play the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday.
The declaration comes as recovery continues from destructive storms on April 26.
A North Iowa woman was sentenced to 50 years in prison Monday for starving one of her children to death and causing severe harm to another.
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s political action committee has announced endorsements in two local primary races.
Seven teams competed May 9 with six to eight teammates on each squad.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Mason City organizations are hosting the Make It OK Walk beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 16 on the Principal Pavilion, 9 N Federal Ave.
The high school baseball season kicked off on Monday night but ramps up in the next week following the completion of the state track meet. Here are area teams and athletes to watch on the diamond this summer.
Mason City music teacher Deb Nielsen's biggest priority is instilling a love of music early in life.
Northern Iowa's new athletic director Megan Franklin made her first public appearance since being hired on Monday during the Panther Caravan stop in Clear Lake.
Fifty-seven percent of Iowa’s expected corn crop has been planted, one week behind last year. Twenty-six percent has emerged. Thirty-nine percent of Iowa’s expected soybean crop has been planted, one week behind last year. Thirteen percent has emerged.
A house fire in Mason City was contained to the basement Sunday night.
Iowa women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder is retiring after 24 years of leading the Hawkeyes. Her Caitlin Clark-led teams reached the last two NCAA championship games, including this year's loss to South Carolina five weeks ago. Clark is now in the WNBA, with the No. 1 overall pick making he…
Iowa head women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement in a letter to Hawkeye Nation on Monday.
The Iowa Department of Corrections issued a nationwide warrant for the arrest of 19-year-old Pieper Lewis this month.
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
The most significant geomagnetic storm since at least 2003 brought the Northern Lights to places that have rarely seen them before. Parts of America will have another chance Saturday night if you missed it.
There are times when anglers of all skill levels will catch more fish with slip bobbers.
Clear Lake senior Dylan Litzel capped off an 'exciting' week that saw him break the school's high jump record with a berth in the Class 3A state track meet.
The IHSAA and IGHSAU both released their tentative state track and field qualifiers on Friday. Here is the list of those from the area who made it to Drake Stadium.
The New Horizons Band will hold its Spring Concert at The Music Man Square at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 under the direction of Bernie Bjorklund.
Northern locations in the U.S. are best for viewing the northern lights, but clouds will interfere in many spots.
Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin have completed a contentious land deal allowing them to cross a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge.
Charles City sisters Keely and Edie Collins stole the show on Thursday, taking the two high jump automatic berths in next week's state track meet during the Class 3A qualifier in Clear Lake.
Clear Lake hosted a boys-girls 3A state qualifier Thursday a week in front of the Iowa State track and field championships in Des Moines.
The budget includes funding for Special Education Division, salary increase for judges, among other changes.
Caitlin Clark walked into her new home arena with No. 22 shirts and jerseys peppered from floor to ceiling. A late-arriving but still louder-than-usual crowd roared during her first official introduction to Fever fans on Thursday night. And when the former Iowa star made the layup for her fi…
The U.S. Department of Justice and Iowa civil rights and immigrant rights groups filed separate lawsuits Thursday to block enforcement of a new state law.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird made a stop in Clear Lake Thursday as part of a tour of telecommunications providers across the state.
Mason City sent two doubles pairings to the state tournament following a hard-fought match in the district finals on Wednesday.
The Clear Lake City Council approved the creation of a sculpture project Monday memorializing musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in bronze as part of the Surf District project.
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The civil rights groups say the shooting range the fees pay for is for “enjoyment of (sheriff's) department employees and families, including rentals of ice cream and cotton candy machines.”
The Republican held a town hall forum in Tama County.
The coach had been on paid leave after "members of the team and staff brought forward concerns regarding the head coach, related to the environment within the program."
Seventeen additional Caitlin Clark games to be broadcast in Quad Cities.
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