Mason City News

Cards, flowers and chocolates, oh my! It's no secret that Valentine's Day is right around the corner.

The historic Park Inn Hotel in Mason City, Iowa, the world's only remaining Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built hotel, reopened last year after years of disrepair, adding to Mason City as Iowa's home of Prairie School Architecture.

This year's legislative session in Iowa is well underway. Folks in Mason City are getting the chance to voice their concerns and questions to local legislators.

Schools across the country are being challenged to step up with the times. The old way of reading and writing in the classroom may soon be out the window.

Another week is wrapping up at the Iowa statehouse - and even as we head toward the weekend - a hot button issue this session - isn't cooling down.

It's been a long road, but one north Iowa community is being rewarded for their hard work.

Washington, IA - The Washington County Attorney's office says it has dismissed the drunk driving charge against Keokuk County Sheriff Jeff Shipley.

Less than 24 hours from now ten Iowa cities will get a big health and wellness boost as the state announces their selection for the Blue Zones project.

Mason City Police have made an arrest involving the First Citizens National Bank robbery, a stolen vehicle and high school bomb threat that occurred Friday, Feb.

Mason City Police have made an arrest involving the First Citizens National Bank robbery, a stolen vehicle and high school bomb threat that occurred Friday, Feb.

Some religious leaders are speaking out against a new policy on birth control. It says the insurance companies for religious schools and hospitals must provide birth control coverage for employees.

Some north Iowans are heading to Washington D.C. to advocate for issues the area is facing.

The Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation has released its schedule for the 2012 Farm Tax Schools.

Health is on the tip of the nation's tongue these days. Health insurance reform, influenza, depression, childhood obesity, the plight of the uninsured - these top a long list of challenging, health-related topics.

Mason City, IA-A man has robbed a Mason City bank. Police say the suspect walked into 1st Citizens National Bank at 33 East State Street and demanded money.

A proposed energy plant that would be built in Mason City is a no go. In order for Creative Energy Systems' $35 Million waste-to-energy power plant to be built, many boards and commissions in North Iowa had to line up in favor.

Roger Peterson, an experienced pilot, did not have an instrument rating when he piloted a plane on the fateful night of February 3, 1959.

In the spring of 2008 Iowa lawmakers passed the Smokefree Air Act. It prohibits smoking in almost all public places and enclosed areas within places of employment.

One year ago then University of Iowa student Zach Wahls testified to the Iowa House of Representatives urging them not to pass a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in Iowa.

The lovingly restored Historic Park Inn re-opened in August 2011, nearly 101 years after it originally opened in September of 1910.