LOCAL NEWS

Within the last month, two separate robbery incidents have taken place at a 449 N. Market Street, in Ottumwa. Each incident is outlined below: On October 14, 2017, a male victim, who is identified as…

The Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement (MINE) Task Force – East division conducted a search warrant at a residence in Newton on Tuesday, November 7, at approximately 9:30 in the morning. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, Newton…

The National Park Service announces that the Collegiate Neighborhood Historic District is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as nominated on June 9, 2017. The Collegiate Neighborhood Historic District spans from Main Street…

Barnes City Councilmember (4 yr.) Total/Percentages Gene Davis - 19/20.43{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Jeffrey Innis - 31/33.33{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Write-in 43/46.24{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Total - 93 Three total elected. Beacon Mayor (2 yr.) Total/Percentages  Write-in - 19/100{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Total - 19 Councilmember (2 yr.) Total/Percentages Ron Kauffman - 25/19.69{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Darrell Rust - 15/11.81{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} Cecil Smith - 22/17.32{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}…

Aside from the Mayoral race with the city elections, there was also the vote in for first and third ward, as well as the at-large candidates. Neither Diane Ottosson, the elected candidate for first ward,…

The city of Oskaloosa, along with the rest of Mahaska County, held their municipal city elections on November 7th. The result of the ballot race was an interesting one. The mayoral race included incumbent Mayor…

Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds—456 tons—of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and…

A private college located in south-central Iowa is pledging to cover the first year of tuition for dozens of students from low-income Iowa families. Simpson College President Jay Simmons unveiled the "Simpson Promise" initiative on…

In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 5th, the Oskaloosa Police Department received a complaint of a male breaking into vehicles in the 500 block of High Ave West. Officers conducted an investigation into…

Northern Mahaska Specialty Care in Oskaloosa received a rating of 4 out 5 in the U.S. News & World Report 2017-18 Nursing Home Finder report released last month. The report uses existing federal nursing home…