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The Forest City school board unanimously approved the purchase of a literacy curriculum for pre-kindergarten through fourth ...

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Presidents Day is also marked by discounts and sales at a variety of different retailers. This year, Presidents Day falls on Monday, Feb. 17. Here’s what’s open and closed on the holiday in 2025.

William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, dodging a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a chunk ...

On Monday at 3:44 a.m. an extreme cold warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 9 p.m. until Tuesday noon. The warning is for Mason City and ...

The U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world ...

Grey skies were broken up by waves of vibrant hues over Clear Lake on Saturday, as the annual Color the Wind kite festival took flight.

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over single-use plastics.

Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of ...

Many people start seeds indoors in late winter to have seedlings ready to plant in spring. But what about starting them outdoors, despite the cold?

Osage’s Jasper Sonberg captured the biggest win of the day when he took down Jacobsen in the finals of the 126-pound bracket.