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Oskaloosa City Council Meets, Comes to Agreement with Municipal Water Department

The Oskaloosa City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting in City Hall Monday evening. The agenda was short, but there were still some interesting discussions. First, the council considered approval for a site plan…
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Board of Supervisors Applies to South Central Behavioral Health Region

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met for their regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning in the Mahaska County Courthouse, and although it was a brisk meeting, there were several key points of discussion. First and…
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Third Man Charged In Connection Of Des Moines Slaying And Robbery

A third man has been charged with robberies in connection with the slayings of two men whose bodies were found earlier this month in Des Moines. Police said Sunday that 18-year-old Luis Magallon is the…
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Cedar Rapids Police Investigating Recent Shooting As Homicide

Cedar Rapids police say they are investigating the shooting death of a 32-year-old man last week as a homicide.The man was identified Thursday as Bryan Ahmaad Edwards. Police say they have no verifiable address for…
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Ottumwa Officers Arrest Man In Connection With Drive By Shooting

Yesterday afternoon, at around 1:15 pm, the Ottumwa Police Department received a report of a subject that had been shot in the 600 block of North Green Street in Ottumwa. Responding officers located a male…
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Oskaloosa School Board 9-14-15

Oskaloosa School board met in regular session Monday and passed through a fairly routine agenda. The board heard presentations from a number of groups as updates. The Summer Jump Start program informed the board that…
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U.S. Marshals Arrest Man In Cedar Rapids In Connection With Chicago Shooting

U.S. Marshals have arrested a man in eastern Iowa in connection with a fatal shooting in Chicago earlier this month. A northern Iowa task force for the U.S. Marshals Service says 37-year-old Derrick "Nelson" Wells,…
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Cargill Agrees To Settle Air Pollution Case With EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency says Cargill Inc. has agreed to settle a complaint over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at a manufacturing plant in southern Iowa. The plant, at Eddyville, uses methanol, formaldehyde…
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Board of Supervisors 9-8-15

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday morning at the Mahaska County Courthouse. The major discussion came from an item added by Supervisor Mike VanderMolen regarding uncontrolled intersections in…
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Unofficial School Board Election Results Released

Tuesday night marked the Mahaska County School Board Election, and the unofficial results were tallied and released. In the most competitive race in the Oskaloosa School Board Election, Erik Edgren defeated Shawn Moyer, 175 to…
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