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News Headlines for March 20, 2026

Obits

OBIT: Krystle Lynn Schoultz

Krystle Lynn Schoultz age 36 of Charles City, IA, died Friday, March 13, 2026, at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory – Olson Chapel in Nashua.

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Crime

ICE nabs bonkers illegal who attacked American citizen during violent road rage incident

Homeland Security says this illegal alien and serial criminal’s rap sheet before this violent assault included criminal possession of a firearm, robbery, larceny, possession of stolen property, and disorderly conduct. A Biden judge declared him safe for society and freed him in 2023. Then, this year, he became the aggressor in a road rage incident, pulled a knife, and tried to run over an American.

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Sports

College Basketball: UNI Panthers face St. John’s in NCAA first round Friday night in San Diego

MVC, Big East Tournament champions set to meet in opening round of March Madness in southern California.

[12] UNI men’s basketball (23-12 / 11-9 MVC) vs. [5] #10/9 St. John’s (28-6 / 18-2 Big East)

6:10 p.m. CT
Friday, March 20, 2026
San Diego, Calif. | Viejas Arena (11,559)
WATCH (CBS) [Kevin Harlan: Play-by-Play / Robbie Hummel & Stan Van Gundy: Analysts / Lauren Shehadi: Sideline)

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Crime

MS-13 gangster nabbed in Minnesota released by Obama judge

MINNEAPOLIS – If you are traveling north to the crime-infested blue state known as Minnesota, you should be aware that another predator is lurking in the midst, after an Obama-apppointed judge just ordered the release of a violent rapist MS-13 gang member that snuck into America at least 3 times previously.

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Crime

Waterloo fake tax return preparer gets three years in prison

A man who prepared fraudulent tax returns for himself and others was sentenced on March 13, 2026, to three years in federal prison.

Tresor Mugogo Ngoy, age 41, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 25, 2025, guilty plea to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return.

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Obits

OBIT: Thomas Walter Clary

A Mass of Christian Burial for Tom Clary, age 70, of Arnolds Park, Iowa, will be held at 1 PM, Friday, March 27, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Interment will be at Okoboji Cemetery in Arnolds Park.

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Obits

OBIT: Barbara Jacobsen

Barbara Jean Jacobsen was born on March 10, 1938, in Pocahontas, Iowa to Chester and Violet (Whisler) Whistler. She died on March 16, 2026 at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

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Obits

OBIT: Keith Charles Hanson

Keith Charles Hanson, 61, formerly of Clear Lake, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel.

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