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Celebrating Bob Ballard’s 20 year anniversary with KBOE/KMZN

Today we celebrated Bob Ballard's 20th anniversary as a DJ with KBOE/KMZN.  Congratulations and thank you for your 20 years of dedicated and reliable service!
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Police investigating a Saturday night shooting in Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa police are investigating a shooting at a home on 4th Avenue late Saturday night... A woman sustained a gunshot wound to the back as she was in her home at 602 4th Avenue East around 11 pm Saturday night.…
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Hawkeye Athletics hosts Oskaloosa Community Day on September 1st

The Iowa Hawkeyes are hosting Oskaloosa Community Day during the Iowa vs. Northern Illinois game on Saturday, September 1.  Kickoff has been set at 2:30 p.m. Any member of the Oskaloosa community can purchase an…
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Suspicious death investigated

Authorities in Washington, Iowa say they are investigating a man's death described as suspicious.  The Washington Police were called to an apartment complex just before 8am Wednesday morning for a report of a person found…
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Public works director says D Street project complete by end of year

Public works director Akhilesh Pal states that the D Street construction project will be done by the end of the calendar year.  They will finish up with the landscaping next spring.  They are currently working…
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California wildfire burns 30,500 acres, destroys 72 structures

A wildfire on the California and Oregon border has now burned 30,500 acres and destroyed 72 structures and continued out of control Sunday. Firefighters said they had the Klamathon Fire in northern Siskiyou County 25 percent…
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8 boys rescued from flooded Thailand cave; coach, 4 others still await rescue

 Four more boys trapped for more than two weeks in a partially flooded cave here were brought out Monday, raising to eight the number of youths rescued but still leaving four young soccer players and their coach…
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Woman arrested after climbing on the Statue of Liberty

The woman made about a 25-foot climb from the monument's observation point yesterday forcing the evacuation of the monument.  About 100 feet above ground, the woman alternated between sitting and laying by the bottom of…
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Thai youth soccer league found alive after being lost in a cave for 10 days

Rescuers in northern Thailand on Tuesday raced against time and an ominous monsoon season to rescue a youth soccer team trapped in a partially flooded cave in advance of heavy rains forecast later this week. Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda…
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Flash Flooding in Des Moines and surrounding areas

For a short while Saturday night,  Des Moines-area residents enjoyed the sudden temperature drop that provided relief to the day's heat and humidity.  In an instant, the skies dumped on parts of Polk County with…
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