Mayor Bill Schickel gave the State of the City address on Tuesday night at the Mason City Council meeting. Schickel focused on recent successes and the need for community engagement.
Each December, Globe Gazette reporters and editors look back at their favorite stories of the past year. They may recall what now seem like tempests in teapots long since calmed
Mason City ethanol producer Golden Grain Energy will receive a federal biofuels grant during a visit from U.S. Department of Agriculture official Cindy Axne, according to a press release from