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6 days ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
The estate of a woman who died after falling off a stepladder at the Smithfield Foods plant in Mason City is suing the company. Shelia Shipman, Mason City, performed yard management services at Smithfield, which contracted with Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc. for those services, according to a lawsuit initially filed in Cerro Gordo County District Court in March and transferred to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on April 10.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
Mason City Police Department officers sometimes begin their workday before their shift starts and keep going after it is supposed to end. On a recent Friday, Officer Nadia Bahnsen, who works the second shift from 3 to 11 p.m., got called in early to help with a search warrant. And if she gets an important call toward the end of her shift, she'll stay and take care of that, too. But for Bahnsen, who has been with the MCPD for three and a half years, it is all worth it.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A North Iowa man is behind bars for allegedly entering a Mason City residence without permission Tuesday morning and assaulting a person inside. Boe Harrison Dwine, 44, Mason City, is charged with first-degree burglary, a Class B felony, and obstruction of emergency communication, a simple misdemeanor.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A Dubuque man convicted of sexually abusing a 5-year-old in Mason City was given a suspended 10-year prison sentence Monday. Bennett Myhre Gonyier, 34, entered an Alford plea in February to lascivious acts with a child, a Class C felony. He was originally charged with second-degree sexual abuse, a class B felony. An Alford plea means a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges sufficient evidence for a conviction may exist. Gonyier was put on probation for five years.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A man accused of entering a Mason City residence and assaulting someone inside was arrested on a warrant Sunday. Edward Jimmy Giles Jr., 33, is charged with first-degree burglary, a Class B felony, and domestic abuse assault resulting in injury, a serious misdemeanor. He was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A North Iowa man has been arrested for allegedly staging an accident and blowing up his own truck in an attempt to falsely collect more than $70,000 in insurance money. Zachary Marshall Robbins, 39, Charles City, made his initial appearance before a magistrate Friday on charges of first-degree arson, a Class B felony; insurance fraud, a Class D felony; and making a false report of an indictable offense, a serious misdemeanor.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A Winnebago County man was sentenced Friday to up to 25 years in prison for one count of child endangerment and four counts of failure to register as a sex offender (second or subsequent offense). Zachary Scott Vulich, 35, Leland, was found guilty by a Winnebago County jury in February on those counts, all of which are Class D felonies punishable by up to five years in prison.
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1 week ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A man convicted last year of sexual exploitation of a resident at an assisted living center in Mason City has died in prison. Maioriko Peter Henrick, 47, was pronounced dead at 3:34 a.m. March 27 in a hospice room of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, according to a statement released by the Iowa Department of Corrections on Thursday. He was serving a prison sentence of up to five years on two counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.
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2 weeks ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
A North Iowa man who police say had methamphetamine in his vehicle during a traffic stop last year near the Mason City Municipal Airport has been indicted in federal court on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The indictment charging Dustin Travis Burkhardt, 36, Rockwell, was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
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2 weeks ago | 
globegazette.com | Mary Pieper
The Clear Lake City Council has approved a property tax levy of $9.85 per $1,000 valuation for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Jacob Widman, acting city administrator, said during the property tax levy hearing Monday that the levy is the same as for the current fiscal year. However, once the change in the rollback and assessed valuation is taken into consideration, the owners of a house valued at $200,000 will pay $31 more in property taxes to the city, he said.
