LOCAL NEWS

There could be a new lead in the disappearance of Xavior Harrelson.  He’s the 11-year-old boy from Montezuma who disappeared May 27 near his home.  Mitch Mortvedt is with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.…

A former Albia High School soccer coach has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor.  The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 36-year-old Aaron Koester was arrested last Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana and extradited…

One man is in custody…accused of stabbing an Ottumwa man to death.  Ottumwa Police were called just before 10 Friday night (9/3) to a reported stabbing at the Stardust Motel.  43-year-old Joshua David Barnhill of…

There’s going to be live music in downtown Oskaloosa Saturday night (9/4).  The sixth annual Concert on the Square is a free event featuring Christian music.  Wyndell Campbell is on the planning committee for Concert…

A man’s body was found in a lagoon near Beach Ottumwa.  Ottumwa Police were called around 1pm Wednesday (9/1) when the caller saw the man’s body floating in the water.  Police say the man had…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR We could see an increase in prices at the gas pump in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. AAA Iowa spokesperson Meredith Mitts says the storm forced the oil industry to take action.…

Life in prison with no possibility of parole.  That sentence was handed down Monday (8/30) to Cristhian Bahena Rivera for stabbing Mollie Tibbetts to death.  In May, a jury found Bahena Rivera guilty of first…

Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be sentenced Monday afternoon (8/30) for killing Mollie Tibbetts.  In May, a jury in Scott County found the 27-year-old Bahena Rivers guilty of first degree murder in the July 2018 death…

Keokuk County had some heavy weather Thursday night (8/27).  Severe storms that moved through the area knocked down trees and power lines in Sigourney, What Cheer, Delta, Ollie and Hedrick.  And in Poweshiek County, Sheriff…

The Ajinomoto plant in Eddyville had to be evacuated Wednesday night because of a chemical spill.  Mahaska County 911 was told around 8:20pm about an acid leak at the plant.  Ajinomoto makes amino acids that…