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HAVANA (AP) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said. Ratcliffe met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, Interior Minister…

By Janelle Tucker and O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) A Dubuque-based trucking company and two northeast Iowa families have donated $10 million to support construction of a professional ballpark and other facilities at a “Field…

PELLA -- Central College will move the 2026 Commencement ceremony to the P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 16. "Due to the anticipated heat and unpredictable weather for…

By Sam Parsons The South Central Regional Airport Agency held a meeting yesterday for the first time since October 2025 to seek guidance from the city councils of Oskaloosa and Pella regarding the future of…

Lainey Wilson and her man, Devlin "Duck" Hodges, have pulled the trigger! The two are officially married, tying the knot Sunday at The Ruskin in Dickson, Tennessee. The ceremony took place at the foot of a waterfall on the property…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, and later became a key informant in the investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) A new state law will send public charter schools in Iowa $1.3 million more dollars to boost teacher salaries in the coming school year and a revolving loan fund…

OTTUMWA -- Beginning Monday, May 18, 2026, work will get underway on the City of Ottumwa’s 2026 Asphalt Street Repair Program. A contractor will begin in the West Finley Avenue and Skyline Drive areas, progressing…

KNOXVILLE – The Knoxville Fire Department became the 7th fire department in Iowa to achieve Gold Helmet Designation this week. Gold Helmet Designations are achieved through participation in the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer.…

Garth Brooks has been announced as one of the headliners for the upcoming "The Spirit of Independence Festival," a multi-day festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from June 4-6 in Washington,…