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A man from Newton has been charged with arson in connection with a Wednesday afternoon (9/15) fire in Kellogg.  Around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call about a structure…

The Oskaloosa School Board voted Tuesday (9/14) to put a question on the ballot for this November’s election.  The question deals with extending an agreement that governs how the Oskaloosa School District will use sales…

There will be a strong local connection to Saturday’s (9/18) Fall Festival at Pioneer Farm.  Margaret Spiegel, the director and curator of the Mahaska County Historical Society and Nelson Pioneer Farm and Museum, says Pioneer…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A Des Moines businessman and philanthropist who has been chairman of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. For more than…

Iowa will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $3.7 million national ad campaign that promotes the state as a destination for visitors and workers, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday. The 30-second ad is part…

9/11 is a sad day in American history.  Especially to those who lost a family member in the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. …

A group of Oskaloosa residents will be honoring the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Towers and Pentagon.  Starting Thursday (9/9) at 5pm until 5pm Sunday the 12th, there will be a…

The Oskaloosa City Council meets Tuesday night (9/7).  At 5:00, the Council will discuss insurance coverage for the skate park, basketball courts and soccer field at the Penn Central Mall parking lot.  Then at 6,…

As of Wednesday (9/1), there are now 524 people in Iowa hospitalized with coronavirus—32 more than last week.  12 of those in the hospital with Covid-19 are from Wapello County, with seven in Marion County,…

Five people in the No Coast Network listening area have died from coronavirus over the past week.  Two of the deaths were in Jasper County, with one each in Mahaska, Wapello and Marion Counties.  In…