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The Greater Ottumwa Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new name and a new message.  The CVB is rebranding itself as Meet Ottumwa, with the slogan “Where Iowa Meets the World.”  Meet Ottumwa executive director…

A man charged in the shooting death of an Iowa State Patrol trooper was released from a hospital Wednesday (4/21) and transported to jail, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said. Michael Lang, 41, of…

The coronavirus caused last year’s Oskaloosa Women’s Night Out to be cancelled.  But the event will be held Thursday night (4/22) from 4:30 to 7:30.  Oskaloosa Main Street Director Jessica Reuter tells us what you…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - House Republicans have sent the governor a bill that immediately forbids five Iowa school districts from using voluntary diversity plans to deny student transfers. It’s one in a group…

An Ottumwa man is accused of stabbing two people and injuring two others Sunday morning (4/18). Ottumwa   Police say they were called around 7:10am to the 200 block of West Fifth for a domestic dispute.…

Monday night (4/19) the Oskaloosa City Council will consider preliminary approval of plans for the third phase of the City’s façade improvement project.  This phase will cover several buildings on 1st Avenue East, as well as…

The 2021 racing season is set to take it's first green flag of the season on Wednesday, April 21st at the Southern Iowa Speedway located on the Mahaska County Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Following a shortened…

It’s now four consecutive days with no deaths reported from coronavirus in Iowa.  And the number of positive tests for COVID-19 in the No Coast Network listening area seems to be slowing down.  The Iowa…

Oskaloosa school students will still have to wear masks for the rest of the school year, but the School Board has relaxed some coronavirus-related restrictions.  At Tuesday’s (4/13) Oskaloosa School Board meeting, the Board approved…

You might be seeing heavy smoke near the recycling center in Ottumwa Tuesday afternoon (4/13).  If weather permits, after 4pm, Ottumwa Fire, Wapello County Rural Fire, Wapello County Conservation and Wapello County Emergency Management will…