North Iowa Today for April 5, 2011

For other fun events, go to www.globegazette.com and click on the Entertainment link. To suggest events to be listed here, please e-mail specifics to judy.delperdang@globegazette.com. You can also post them in the online Events Calendar by following the posting prompts. MASON CITY — The North Iowa Concert Band will present its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the North Iowa Community Auditorium at North Iowa Area Community College. Tickets are $5 for adults; free for Read more [...]

Defunct Niarada animal sanctuary put up for sale

NIARADA - The animals are gone. Now everything else is going. The embattled Montana Large Animal Sanctuary and everything left there is officially up for sale. The 400-acre ranch, with its large main home, guest house, farm house, cabin plus indoor pool and sauna, is listed at $889,000 and being marketed as a private retreat. Everything else goes up for bid Saturday, when Rivers West Auction of Evaro handles the liquidation of, Read more [...]

Dods sweet on Royal raid

(UKPA) – 14 hours ago Sweet Lightning could try to land a second big handicap over a mile following his convincing victory in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster on Saturday.Connections are to consider the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot, while stepping up to Listed company is another possibility for the Michael Dods-trained six-year-old.Dods said: "He's come out of the race very well and he enjoyed it. I don't think we'll be rushing him now. We'll see what the handicapper does, but the obvious Read more [...]

Facebook For iPhone Gets Event Check-Ins, Maps, And Unfriending

A couple weeks ago, after All Facebook spotted the ability to check-in to Facebook events, the social network confirmed to us that the feature would be launching shortly on the iPhone and their mobile-based touch site. Today, here it is. Version 3.4 of Facebook’s iPhone app actually has a few other nice updates as well. These include the ability to view your friends on a map from the Places area (and it uses Google Maps, not Bing Maps), an “improved” News Feed, an “improved” notifications Read more [...]

Jimmy Styles could bid for a second Listed success of the spring in the …

Jimmy Styles could bid for a second Listed success of the spring in the Abernant Stakes at Newmarket's Craven meeting following his victory in the Cammidge Trophy. Clive Cox's sprinter notched up his first win since the Ayr Gold Cup in September 2009 when triumphing at Doncaster last Saturday. Cox will now monitor the horse's condition before deciding whether to go for another six-furlong dash next week. "He's come out of it really well. I was thrilled to bits with his performance and delighted Read more [...]