The last full-service gas station in Mason City closed on Thursday. Wooz’s Car Wash has been a fixture since 1972, but owner Henry Pirhonen has accepted an offer to sell the property to Kwik Trip which plans to build a Kwik Star store there. Pirhonen says the new store will do well in that location, […]Powered by WPeMatico
A mystery at a Council Bluffs hotel is solved. Police were called to the Super 8 Motel on Thursday on the report of a man with a mental disability who was unable to communicate his identity. Council Bluffs Police posted the man’s photo online asking for help and it quickly spread on social media. Sergeant […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is joining Republican governors from Maryland and Massachusetts in saying she would not send Iowa National Guard troops to the southern border if the soldiers are called to separate children from parents crossing into the country illegally. “There are other issues — human trafficking, drugs coming across, safety at the border, […]Powered by WPeMatico
Residents of Le Mars were the first to see new stamps called “Frozen Treats.” U.S. Post Office district manager, Mary Alt, talks about the new stamp. “There’s ten different versions, but they are ice cream frozen treats. So they are popsicles, different colors, different scents. It’s a scratch and sniff — so you’ll have a […]Powered by WPeMatico
The governor of Washington state is in Iowa, campaigning with and for Iowa Democrats. Jay Inslee, who is also the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, campaigned this morning with Fred Hubbell, the Democrat who’s challenging Republican Governor Kim Reynolds. “The Cook Report just switched this to…a toss up race,” Inslee said, “so this is […]Powered by WPeMatico
Those on the scene of a train derailment caused by floodwaters south of Doon along the Sioux and Lyon County lines are worried about the impact downstream. Lyon County Sheriff, Stuart Vander Stoep says leaking material from the train could negatively effect Rock Valley downstream. “When the cars derrailed they went into the water and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two people have been sentenced to time in federal prison for distributing drugs in the Pottawattamie County Jail. A judge has sentenced 35-year-old Deandre Cooper to 100 months in federal prison, and 30-year-old Charles Beuterbaugh to eight months for possession of contraband by a federal prisoner. Court information shows the two distributed the synthetic marijuana […]Powered by WPeMatico
The flooding Rock River in northwest Iowa is blamed for the derailment of a Burlington Northern Sante Fe freight train near the town of Doon along the Lyon/Sioux county border. A total of 35 tanker rail cars carrying oil have left the tracks. Reports of some of the derailed tankers are leaking. The town of […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa State University psychology professor is praising the World Health Organization’s recent classification of video game addiction as a mental health disorder. Doug Gentile started studying video games, and their impact on players, in the late 1990s. Gentile admits he was initially skeptical of parents who claimed their children were “addicted” to video games. […]Powered by WPeMatico
