La Porte City News

MASON CITY North Iowa Community Auditorium, NIACC: Simply Sinatra: A Tribute Starring Steve Lippia will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

Heartland Community Church in La Porte City will host a Community Gospel Music Praise and Worship Gathering Sunday, Aug.

MASON CITY Downtown: Jon Hepperly Band will play for Friday Night Live "Bike Night" from 6to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug.

Black Hawk County has brought a rural mining operation in line with the zoning ordinance.

The 2008-2009 school year gets underway this week at Union Community Schools and students will notice many changes and improvements at all levels.

Q. Wasn't there a bridge over the Cedar River by Sans Souci before 1977? A. Yes.

MASON CITY Downtown: Jon Hepperly Band will play for Friday Night Live at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug.

A Tama County man who was on the lam from authorities hid out in a La Porte City home while the owner was on vacation in July, police said.

State labor officials said Tuesday they found 57 cases of "egregious" child labor violations at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville after a months-long investigation.

Q. Is it permissible to rent out sleeping rooms in a residential area in south Waterloo without any permits? A. Shane Graham of the Waterloo Planning and Zoning office said the office wouldn't need to issue a ...

Times Editor Erin Sears stood on the flatbed trailer as someone from her family winked at her.

Times Editor Erin Sears stood on the flatbed trailer as someone from her family winked at her.

Times Editor Erin Sears stood on the flatbed trailer as someone from her family winked at her.

Henry Matthew Allers celebrated his first birthday April 23, 2008. Family and friends gathered for two parties and a Happy Joe's birthday dinner.

Cedar River flood waters destroyed two homes, a barn and lots of equipment on John Zeien's land.

Henry Matthew Allers celebrated his first birthday April 23, 2008. Family and friends gathered for two parties and a Happy Joe's birthday dinner.

Justice Department and federal immigration officials say they notified the Department of Labor in advance of a May immigration raid in Postville, even as labor officials claim otherwise.

A shooting in La Porte City has left on person dead. Black Hawk County Sheriff say the SWAT Team and deputies were called to a house Monday night after reports of shots fired.

For consumers feeling the pinch of higher food prices, the flooding of prime Midwest farmland will bring more bad news in supermarkets through next year.

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