LOCAL NEWS

A hearing will be held Wednesday (3/27) in Montezuma on whether Christian Bahena Rivera’s first degree murder trial will be moved.  Bahena Rivera is accused of killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts of Brooklyn last July.  His…

Your eyes—and wallet—aren’t deceiving you.  Gas prices in Iowa have risen sharply over the past month.  Rose White with Triple-A-Iowa explains. "Iowa motorists are paying an average of $2.56 a gallon, which is three-cents higher…

Congress recently vetoed President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the US/Mexico border.  During an appearance in Sigourney last Thursday (3/21), Iowa US Senator Chuck Grassley said the 12 Senate Republicans who vetoed the…

Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa Thursday (3/21) for a tour of the No Coast Brewery.  While there, she sampled some of their products and talked about an issue affecting No Coast: the Craft…

An Oskaloosa man accused of stabbing a William Penn University basketball player to death now says he should be immune from prosecution because of Iowa’s Stand Your Ground law.  24-year-old Luke Van Hemert is charged…

Democratic Presidential contender Kristen Gillibrand brought her campaign to Ottumwa Wednesday (3/20). The New York Democrat said she wants to restore America’s moral position in the world.  Gillibrand was asked about a proposal floated by…

At a special meeting Tuesday (3/19), the Mahaska County Board voted to send a letter to the Iowa Department of Transportation asking that a bypass be built from Highway 63 north of Oskaloosa to Highway…

Wapello County law enforcement is looking for a suspect in connection with a shooting Sunday morning (3/17) that injured a man. Shortly after 6am, a man had come to the Ottumwa Regional Health Care Emergency…

There is still a flood warning for the North Skunk River near Sigourney.  As of early Monday morning (3/18), the North Skunk was measured at 18.77 feet.  Flood stage is 16 feet.  The National Weather…

While there’s no longer a flood watch, there is still some high water in the area.  The North Skunk River near Sigourney is at just over 20 and a half feet….about half a foot below…