Image courtesy of Main Street Mason City. MASON CITY, Iowa — Downtown Mason City is set to come alive this summer with the return of the Friday Night Live Summer Series for 2025.

Iowa football commit and Iowa City West senior Mason Woods won the long jump in Class 4A at the Iowa high school state track and field meet on May 23.

Horner, who starred at Mason City High School before doing the same at the University of Iowa, has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Buena Vista University.

World Surf League's Surf City El Salvador Pro Stuns with Elite Performances Athletes on the World Surf League Championship Tour continue to impress as they rapidly climb the 2025 rankings.

Momentum is growing for pediatric hospice in Iowa The Siecks acknowledge the goal is a big one, but momentum has been building since Mason’s Light House gained official nonprofit status two ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above ...

Surf Ballroom Winter Dance Party (ABC 6 News) — In Iowa, a weekend of celebration is in full swing, honoring three musicians who died over 65 years ago.

The Surf Ballroom and Museum in Clear Lake, Iowa, is still rockin’ more than 90 years after it opened. The concert venue is renowned as the last place Lubbock native son Buddy Holly played ...

Iowa might surprise you with just how much fun it packs into its rolling countryside and charming small towns. From world-famous works of art (think American Gothic!) to quirky roadside attractions ...

Awards were made to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, The Surf Ballroom, and the Waterloo Economic Mobility Hub at the Celebration of Community event.

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - The Surf Ballroom and City of Clear Lake held a groundbreaking Wednesday, April 17 for an expanded and relocated Music Enrichment and Immersive Center. It will be built west of the ...

Ground is being broken on an expansion of one of Clear Lake’s most historic sites, on what will be called The Surf Ballroom Music Enrichment & Immersive Center. It will include a visitors center ...