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The Oskaloosa City Council has approved design documents for the early childhood and recreation center project.  The project combines a new Mahaska YMCA with an early childhood education center for Oskaloosa schools.  Oskaloosa Mayor David…

Monday night (12/2), the Oskaloosa City Council will vote to approve design documents for the early childhood education and recreation center project.  The city’s police officer of the year will also be recognized.  And certificates…

Oskaloosa’s Christmas celebration continues Monday night (12/2) with the Main Street Young Ambassador Contest.  A boy and girl will be chosen as ambassadors during a ceremony at 6pm at Penn Central Mall’s Central Court.  KMZN’s…

There’s a new twist to a road accident in Eddyville early Monday (11/25) that killed a man.  You’ll remember 28-year-old Jessie Parker of Wilton was killed when the pickup he was riding in crashed on…

A K-9 officer’s sense of smell has led to two Ottumwa men being arrested for dealing meth.  In October, Wapello County Sheriff’s Deputy Seth Hobbs and his K-9 Luna were on patrol in a rural…

One man is dead and another is hospitalized after a one vehicle crash Monday (11/25) in Eddyville.  The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup driven by 29-year-old Jacob Ross of Eddyville was eastbound on 160th Street…

Iowa State Senator Ken Rozenboom will have a Democratic challenger in 2020.  Lance Roorda has announced he’s running for Rozenboom’s seat in District 40, which includes Mahaska, Monroe and Appanoose Counties, parts of Wapello County,…

If you can’t wait to get started on your Christmas shopping, downtown Grinnell is kicking off the season on Friday (11/22) with their annual Jingle Bell Holiday.  Kendra Tucker with the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Officials with Iowa’s biodiesel industry are in Washington D.C. this week, pushing members of Congress for promised extensions of tax credits. For two years, biodiesel plants have operated under the promise that…

The US Department of Agriculture is loaning the City of Albia $9 million, plus awarding the City an $813,000 grant for wastewater improvements.  The money would be used to improve Albia’s north and west wastewater…