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Mason City man killed in car/semi collision on I-35
CERRO GORDO COUNTY, Iowa - One person is dead after a car and semi collided Saturday night on Interstate 35 in North Iowa. The State Patrol says the crash happened around 11:19 pm near mile marker 194 in Cerro Gordo County. The crash report says a car diven by Glen Evan Hemming, 56 of Mason City, was going north in the southbound lanes of I-35 when it smashed into a southbound semi driven by Hussein Ali Haidar, 40 of Burnsville, Minnesota.
Iowa man killed in I-35 crash in Cerro Gordo County
CERRO GORDO COUNTY, Iowa — A 56-year-old man from Mason City was killed in a crash Saturday night. Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened around 11:20 p.m. on I-35 near the Clear Lake exit, approaching mile marker 194. Officials say Glen Hemming was going northbound in the southbound...
Child porn sends Cerro Gordo County man to federal prison
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A North Iowa man is going to federal prison for child pornography. Thomas Alan Newman, 60 of Swaledale, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Federal prosecutors say the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a report in May 2021 from Facebook of a user trafficking in child pornography. The investigation led to a search of Newman’s account and law enforcement says it found several chats of a sexual nature where Newman solicited child pornography from others. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Newman and another individual proposed they create a group on Facebook in order to share and trade child pornography.
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