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One Injured After Accident at Oskaloosa Sno Biz

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OSKALOOSA — An accident in Oskaloosa yesterday involving a pickup truck and the Oskaloosa Snow Biz resulted in injuries to the driver of the truck.

The Oskaloosa Police Department says that yesterday afternoon, the driver of a small pickup lost control of their vehicle and struck the Oskaloosa Sno Biz trailer. There was nobody standing in front of the trailer at the time and authorities say that all employees of the business were uninjured. The driver of the truck was transported to Mahaska Health for treatment of some injuries. 

The Oskaloosa Police Department says they will update the public with more information when possible.

Heat Advisory for Our Area Today

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DES MOINES — A heat advisory will be in effect for our area today. 

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a heat advisory for portions of central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Iowa, today from 1pm to 9pm. The NWS says that heat index values of up to 111 are expected.

Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses, so take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing, try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening, and take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

TOBY KEITH BENEFIT CONCERT ADDS MORE BIG NAMES

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The Toby Keith tribute/benefit concert that will air on NBC has added some big-name performers… At first, the performers included Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Carrie Underwood, Jelly Roll, Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson, Parker McCollum and The War And Treaty. That would be a full all-star roster right there, but they weren’t done announcing names. Also on board for what is turning out to be a massive event: Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson, Riley Green, Ashley McBryde, Priscilla Block, Jordan Davis, Scotty Emerick, Brett Favre, Brantley Gilbert, HARDY, Tyler Hubbard, Krystal Keith, Ella Langley, Leanne Morgan, Mac McAnally and Clay Walker will all take the stage and sing some of Keith’s biggest hits. The show will be held tonight at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and will air on NBC as a two-hour special on August 28.

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1972, Barbara Mandrell became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
  • Today in 1981, the “Fancy Free” album by the Oak Ridge Boys was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1992, Garth Brooks self-titled debut album was certified quadruple platinum. The same day, his “Ropin’ The Wind” project was certified for multi-platinum sales of 8-million.
  • Today in 1997, Tom T. Hall’s “Greatest Hits Volume II” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1997, Clint Black’s album, “Nothin’ But The Tailights,” was released. The same day, BlackHawk’s “Love and Gravity” project was also released.
  • Today in 1997, Terri Clark’s self-titled album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1998, the “Everywhere” album by Tim McGraw was certified triple platinum.
  • Today in 2000, Faith Hill’s single, “Breathe,” returned to the top of “Billboard’s” adult contemporary chart for a triumphant 14th Faith had been bumped from the top a week earlier by Latin singer Marc Anthony.
  • Today in 2000, Clay Walker sang the national anthem at the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in Canton, Ohio, where honorees include Joe Montana and Howie Long. Walker also joins Dwight Yoakam, Sawyer Brown and Alecia Elliott in a post-induction concert.
  • Today in 2003, Josh Turner’s single, “Long Black Train,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2004, Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach” video, featuring a cameo by NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler, debuts on CMT
  • Today in 2005, Gretchen Wilson’s “All Jacked Up” video debuts on CMT.com.
  • Today in 2006, former Negro League baseball player Charley Pride sang the American and Canadian national anthems in Cooperstown, New York, when 17 former Negro Leaguers join the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Today in 2011, the Lady Antebellum single, “Just A Kiss” went gold, platinum and quintuple-platinum.
  • Today in 2014, Neil Young filed for divorce from Pegi Young, his wife of 36 years…amidst an alleged affair with actress Daryl Hannah. He and Hannah ultimately married in 2018 and in 2019, Pegi passed following a battle with cancer.
  • Today in 2017, Garth Brooks performed at The Forum in Los Angeles, where his daughter, Allie Brooks, was celebrated for her 21st birthday by dad…and received a wedding proposal from longtime love Jonathan Roberts as her dad sang “She’s Every Woman.” She said yes….and they got hitched in October 2018.
  • Today in 2017, Little Big Town’s show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville featured surprise guests Miranda Lambert and Charlie Worsham, who joined them on a cover of The Dixie Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl.”
  • Today in 2018, Glen Campbell was the cover story in the “Parade” supplement in the Sunday paper a year after his passing (on August 8, 2017). In it? Marty Stuart saying, “I wish I could have been in the control room at Capitol Studio A listening to the playback of ‘Wichita Lineman’ the first time it came into the atmosphere. It must have been a perfect moment in time.”
  • Today in 2020, Garth Brooks held a press conference to ask CMA members not to vote for him for Entertainer of the Year. After winning seven times during his career, he says other deserving artists should get their due.
  • Today in 2020, Jack Daniel’s announces the launch of an Eric Church single barrel whiskey.
  • Today in 2021, “Beers On Me,” Dierks Bentley’s single with BRELAND & HARDY, was released.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ smashes R-rated record with $205 million debut, 8th biggest opening ever

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel is back on top with “ Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in the top 10 openings of all time.

Including international showings, where it’s racked up an addition $233.3 million from 52 markets, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is looking at a global opening of over $438.3 million.

Fittingly for both characters’ introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Deadpool & Wolverine” played less like earlier X-Men or Deadpool movies and more like an Avengers pic. In the top domestic opening weekends ever, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is seated in 8th place between “The Avengers” ($207.4 million) and “Black Panther” ($202 million), bumping “Avengers: Age of Ultron” ($191.3 million) out of the top 10.

It’s by far biggest opening of the year, unseating Disney’s “ Inside Out 2 ” ($154.2 million) and the most tickets a movie has sold in its debut weekend since “Barbie” ($162 million) stormed theaters last July. Playing in 4,210 locations, “Deadpool & Wolverine” also surpassed 2019’s “The Lion King” ($191.8 million) to become the biggest July opening ever, and is the 34th consecutive MCU movie to debut in first place. And these are numbers previously thought impossible for an R-rated film.

“It’s great news full stop,” said Tony Chambers, who leads theatrical distribution for Disney. “Not only is it great for Disney, not only is it great for Marvel, but it’s great for the industry as a whole. We’ve said it before but success begets success.”

That the numbers came alongside an R-rating, Chambers added, was “nothing short of phenomenal.”

The Walt Disney Studios release arrived at a pivotal time for an industry grappling with box office returns that continue to run at a double-digit deficit from last year. Disney has played a vital role in the summer season, releasing the top movies in May (“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”), June (“Inside Out 2″) and now July.

The success is also an important moment for Marvel Studios, which has had several high-profile disappointments lately; Most notably in “ The Marvels ” which opened to an MCU low of $47 million last November.

Superheroes have been struggling even more elsewhere: Sony, which reached a high point with “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ($1.9 billion worldwide) had a new low with “Madame Web,” which barely crossed $100 million. Warner Bros. Discovery, after a string of disappointments with “The Flash” and “Blue Beetle,” is currently working on restarting their DC universe under the supervision of James Gunn.

Marvel’s savior came in the form of two characters who got their start outside of the MCU. Both Deadpool and Wolverine, played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, existed previously under the 21st Century Fox banner which for two decades had the rights to Marvel characters like the “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four.” That changed when Disney acquired the studio’s film and TV assets in early 2019 and plans started to take shape of how all these characters would fit into Kevin Feige’s MCU. In some cases, as with “Fantastic Four,” Marvel Studios is starting fresh. With “Deadpool & Wolverine,” directed by Shawn Levy, the stars were as crucial as their characters.

This weekend at the Comic-Con fan convention, Marvel also teased more to come, including Robert Downey Jr.’s return — not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doom.

Going into the weekend, $200 million domestic seemed like a pipe dream. Analysts were more conservative with predictions in the $160 million range. But from the start of the 3 p.m. Thursday preview screenings it was clear that “Deadpool & Wolverine” was more powerful. By the end of Friday, it had already made $96 million and recieved a coveted A CinemaScore from audiences. Critics, too, have been mostly positive. Premium screens, including IMAX and other large formats, accounted for 18% of the total box office.

“Historically, PG-13 is the rating that will get you the biggest bang for your buck,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.

“The old rule that R-rated movies have a box office ceiling was literally shattered this weekend. The edgier content actually enhances their appeal to older teens and young 20-somethings.”

The top domestic opening of all time still firmly belongs to “Avengers: Endgame” with $357.1 million. It’s followed by “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ($260.1 million), “Avengers: Infinity War” ($257.6 million), “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($247.9 million) and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” ($220 million).

Second place went to Universal’s “Twisters,” now in its second weekend with $35.3 million. The standalone sequel to “Twister” has now earned $154.9 million in North America. Universal also claimed third place with “Despicable Me 4,” which added $14.2 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to nearly $291 million.

“Inside Out 2” landed in fourth place with $8.3 million. The Disney and Pixar release this week became the biggest animated release ever with $613.4 million domestically (surpassing “Incredibles 2”) and $1.5 billion globally. It also passed “Top Gun: Maverick” to become the 12th highest-earning global release of all time.

It all adds up to one of the top 10 domestic grossing weekends of all time, with $277.5 million, according to Comscore. That puts it ahead of this weekend last year, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” helped propel the box office to over $216.9 million in their second weekends.

“This is one for the history books,” Dergarabedian said. ”Hopefully this will carry over into August.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” $205 million.

2. “Twisters,” $35.3 million.

3. “Despicable Me 4,” $14.2 million.

4. “Inside Out 2,” $8.3 million.

5. “Longlegs,” $6.8 million.

6. “A Quiet Place: Day One,” $3 million.

7. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” $1.3 million.

8. “The Fabulous Four,” $1 million.

9. “Fly Me to the Moon,” $750,000.

10. “Raayan,” $378,571.

Pheasant numbers could be hurt by wet weather and flooding

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By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa)

The wet spring could lead to a drop in the number of pheasants in Iowa. Iowa DNR wildlife research biologist Todd Bogenschutz says the switch in the weather pattern can really impact pheasants.

“We went from major drought to major flooding in a pretty short time frame, and unfortunately it coincided with peak in nesting,” he says. Bogenschutz says several factors make wet springs tough on nesting pheasants. “We’re just not sure if the hens aren’t quite as attentive, maybe less of the eggs are fertile if they get chilled. You know and then we think in wet years you know, obviously predators, most to predation occurs by smell and when you have wetter conditions, scenting conditions are better, and so that could be part of it,” he says.

Bogenschutz says the wet spring can also make it tough on the food source for young birds. “Wetter cooler springs could impact the number of insects that are out there too, probably maybe suppresses it a little bit. So maybe the chicks don’t have as much forage base as they do and we tend to have our good years which tend to be warm and dry,” Bogenschutz says. He says hunters had their best harvest last year since 2007.

The relatively mild winter helped more pheasants survive, so it’s hard to tell what their fall pheasant survey will show. “It was a really good fall last year. So I think people were thinking, holy cow, we could be phenomenal if everything lined up,” he says. “but you know that didn’t quite come to fruition. The roadside counts will be interesting, I expect we will maybe show some small increases in some areas, but I think especially up in northwest and north central areas where we got that heavy rain, that our counts are probably going to be lower.” Bogenschutz says lower counts doesn’t mean hunters won’t find pheasants.

“We’re still gonna have birds out there. You know, we had reports of broods early and actually fairly large, a little bit earlier than I normally get them. We definitely did have some early hatch because of I think the mild winter and how quickly it went away this year,” he says. The annual roadside pheasant surveys are held in August and the results on pheasant numbers will be released in September.

Iowa and Mahaska County Election Office Celebrates Fourth National Poll Worker Recruitment Day on August 1st

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OSKALOOSA — As the 2024 General Election approaches, State of Iowa and Mahaska County  Election Office and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today announced that August  1, 2024 will be designated as the fourth annual National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Launched in  2020, this initiative seeks to address the ongoing poll worker shortage, promote civic participation  and volunteerism, and ensure the integrity and security of the elections in 2024 and beyond. 

“Election workers are critical to ensuring accessible and accurate elections,” said Mahaska County  Election Deputy Michelle Kent. “We are excited to recognize and participate in National Poll Worker  Recruitment Day to help bring awareness to the nationwide poll worker shortage ahead of the  election in November and to help inspire civic engagement and volunteerism to encourage people  to sign up to serve their community.” 

Poll worker responsibilities typically include activities such as setting up polling places, greeting  voters, verifying voter registrations, and issuing ballots. Poll workers also assist voters in  understanding the voting process by demonstrating the use of voting equipment and explaining  voting procedures. Local election authorities oversee election staff and poll workers, including  providing training before Election Day. 

“Poll workers are essential to our voting process, playing a pivotal role in the success of our  elections. Volunteering as a poll worker is an impactful way for Americans to serve their country  and communities,” said EAC Chairman Ben Hovland. “The EAC aims to support state and local  election officials in their recruitment efforts, address poll worker shortages, and engage new  generations with National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.” 

Despite many states expanding vote-by-mail and absentee voting options, millions of Americans,  including voters with disabilities and those without reliable mail service, still depend on in-person  voting. Ensuring sufficient poll workers are available on Election Day and during early voting periods  is crucial for providing voters with the assistance they need and providing a smooth voting  experience for all. 

National Poll Worker Recruitment Day exemplifies civic engagement in elections, aiming to  encourage potential poll workers to help America vote. Poll workers uphold our democratic system  by enabling citizens to cast a free and confidential ballot to choose their representation. 

For more information about National Poll Worker Recruitment Day and how to become an election  worker please visit https://elections.mahaskacountyia.gov/ or HelpAmericaVote.gov.

George Daily Presents “The Hobbit” With Help of Central College

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OSKALOOSA — The George Daily Auditorium in Oskaloosa, Iowa, will present “The Hobbit” Aug. 1-4 with key contributions from several Central College graduates, faculty and staff members. Based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien and adapted by playwright Kim Selody, the production will be performed as part of the George Daily Youth Theatre’s 25-year anniversary celebration.

Central is proud to highlight the contributions of the following graduates, faculty and staff with “The Hobbit”:

  • Ryan Jones, a 2020 Central graduate: lighting designer.
  • Anne McCullough Kelly, mental health counselor at Central: performance, costume design and construction.
  • Mat Kelly, professor of art: set painting.
  • Allison McGuire, former Central voice instructor: director.
  • Andy McGuire, a 2010 Central graduate: director.
  • Ron Rybkowski, technical director of theatre and lecturer at Central: set designer, construction and technical consultant.
  • Kate Kanne Smith, assistant professor of theatre: costume design and construction.

The George Daily production of “The Hobbit” is family-friendly and will feature puppetry and combat choreography, highlighting some of the unique skills and talents offered by the theatre’s summer staff.

The George Daily Auditorium will present “The Hobbit” 7 p.m. Aug. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Aug. 4. Tickets are on sale at georgedaily.org/hobbit.

KACEY MUSGRAVES ANNOUNCES DELUXE EDITION OF “DEEPER WELL”

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Kacey Musgraves‘ “Deeper Well” is getting even deeper. Yesterday Kacey announced a deluxe edition of her fifth, most recent album “Deeper Well.” The expanded version of the album will offer seven new songs, including a song she has played live, “Irish Goodbye,” which the singer released at midnight last night. The album will be available for purchase August 2.

This Day in Country Music History

Posted on by Bob Ballard
  • Today in 1968, Jeannie C. Riley recorded “Harper Valley PTA.”
  • Today in 1974, John Denver earned a gold record for his biggest hit, “Annie’s Song.”
  • Today in 1990, Alabama’s “Pass It On Down” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1999, Shania Twain’s album, “Come On Over,” was certified for sales of 12-million.
  • Today in 1999, Kenny Chesney’s “Everywhere We Go” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1999, Terri Clark’s “How I Feel” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1999, Clint Black played at “A Night at the Net.” The event was a charity doubles tennis match that kicked off the eighth annual Mercedes-Benz Cup.
  • Today in 2000, Terri Clark’s video, “A Little Gasoline,” premiered on CMT.
  • Today in 2001, Faith Hill’s album, “Breathe,” was certified for multi-platinum sales of 7-million.
  • Today in 2001, Lonestar’s “I’m Already There” was certified gold.
  • Today in 2003, Keith Urban’s “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” video made its TV debut on CMT.
  • Today in 2005, Dierks Bentley’s concert at the House of Blues in Los Angeles was interrupted by Marty Stuart, who extended an invitation to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Bentley’s response: “Hell, yeah!”
  • Today in 2011, Eric Church’s album, “Chief,” was released.
  • Today in 2014, Florida Georgia Line unloaded “Dirt” at #1 for the first of two weeks on the Billboard country singles chart.
  • Today in 2016, Garth Brooks topped the “Forbes” list of Country’s Cash Kings after making an estimated $70-million in a year. Rounding out the Top 5 were Kenny Chesney, $56-million; Luke Bryan, $53-million; Toby Keith, $47.5-million; and Jason Aldean, $36.5-million.
  • Today in 2017, Blake Shelton earned a gold single from the RIAA for “Gonna.”
  • Today in 2018, Jordan Davis earned his first platinum single from the RIAA for “Singles You Up.”
  • Today in 2019, officials with the Ulster County Fair in New York cancelled an August 1st Confederate Railroad concert, becoming the second fair to ban the group while citing racist connotations in the band’s name and its use of a Confederate flag in its branding.
  • Today in 2020, Gabby Barrett’s single, “I Hope,” reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
  • Today in 2021, Jimmie Allen led a team that won $25-thousand for youth charity Duffy’s Hope on ABC’s “Celebrity Family Feud.” His crew includes fellow artist Matt Stell.

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