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Mason City Public Library announces summer reading challenge
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (271+ words) Stalled negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz are threatening to send American gas prices soaring. Iran has proposed a tolling system on the world's most critical oil choke point, a move U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called unacceptable on May…...
VIDEO: Watch and listen to the MCHS choir sing "For Good" at graduation
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (213+ words) Globe Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. WATCH: Saint Ansgar's Jacey Johnston describes repeating as 1 A 200 champion VIDEO: Mason City's Brogan Evans breaks school record in 800 WATCH NOW: Suarez has inspirational words for small town students with big…...
Sec. of State Marco Rubio touts "significant progress" toward Iran deal
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (217+ words) Globe Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. WATCH: Saint Ansgar's Jacey Johnston describes repeating as 1 A 200 champion VIDEO: Mason City's Brogan Evans breaks school record in 800 WATCH NOW: Suarez has inspirational words for small town students with big…...
Civil rights veterans see history repeating after high court guts Voting Rights Act
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (182+ words) U. S. Rep. Terri Sewell speaks at Tabernacle Baptist Church during the National Day of Action for Voting Rights in Selma, Alabama. See a prayer march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the National Day of Action for Voting Rights event held…...
Man spent decades in prison due to a botched murder case
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (109+ words) Harry Ruiz should never have been convicted. The former vice president spoke out against the $1. 7 billion fund as part of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against his own IRS. Harry Ruiz stands April 27 in a New York City courtroom as a…...
High School State Track and Field: Clear Lake boys finish in second in team race
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (199+ words) Clear Lake placed second in the team race with a score of 64. Saint Ansgar's Jacey Johnston, in one of the tightest finishes of the state meet, repeated as the 1 A 200-meter champion. The Saints' senior ran 25. 30, edging Fremont-Mills' Lana Alley…...
North Iowa neighbors: Obituaries for May 24
14+ hour, 58+ min ago (155+ words) Globe Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. Read through the obituaries published today in Globe Gazette. Scott Mc Intire, 45, of Avon, passed away on May 17, 2026. He was born on October 1, 1980, in Mason City, Iowa to Glen and Debra…...
Marching On: North Iowa Band Festival celebrates music, spirit of America
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (300+ words) The 87th North Iowa Band Festival on Memorial Day weekend celebrated both music and America's 250 birthday." The North Iowa Marine Corps League had a float in the North Iowa Band Festival Parade on Saturday." Kevin Schultz was the grand marshal of…...
PHOTOS: Here's some of the fun from the 2026 North Iowa Band Festival
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (338+ words) The North Iowa Band Festival on Saturday, May 23, featured a parade, live entertainment and a carnival." The Mason City High School marching band performs in the North Iowa Band Festival parade on Saturday, May 23." Curries received the Grand Marshal award…...
Florence Klitzke
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (145+ words) Stalled negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz are threatening to send American gas prices soaring. Iran has proposed a tolling system on the world's most critical oil choke point, a move U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called unacceptable on May…...