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DNR investigates manure spill

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill in Keokuk County.  On Saturday (12/5), the DNR received several reports of a spill eleven miles north of Sigourney.  One report came from an…
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Oskaloosa City Council preview

The Oskaloosa City Council will hold a study session Monday (12/7) at 4:30pm to discuss sewer rates and capital improvement projects for the city’s wastewater system.  Then at 6:00, the City Council holds its regular…
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Oskaloosa Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday

Oskaloosa’s Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday night (12/5) from 6 to 8 pm.  Because of coronavirus concerns, you’ll be driving around the parade route to see all the floats and lights.  Oskaloosa Main…
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Smokey Row Coffee raising money for Mahaska Health Cancer Care Center

You can still help the Mahaska Health Foundation raise money for its Light the Night fundraiser.  Foundation Director Ann Frost says you can do that by visiting Smokey Row Coffee in Oskaloosa. "We have a…
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Miller-Meeks on winning Congressional race

Second District Congresswoman-Elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks is in Washington, getting the orientation that all new members of Congress receive.  Miller-Meeks was certified Monday (11/30) as winner of the November election, defeating Rita Hart by six votes. …
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Grassley returns to Senate after bout with coronavirus

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, is back in the Senate on Monday (11/30) after testing positive for coronavirus two weeks ago. Grassley, 87, isolated…
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Light the Night at Mahaska Health

The Mahaska Health Foundation is holding its first ever Light the Night event Monday night (11/30).  The lights for the 20 foot tree were purchased as a way to raise money for the hospital’s Cancer…
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Vista Woods removed from COVID-19 outbreak list

A long-term care facility in Ottumwa has been taken off the state’s coronavirus outbreak list.  Vista Woods Care Center was removed after no new cases had been reported there in the last 28 days.  Two…
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Mahaska County will be a PPE hub

With the recent increase in coronavirus cases in Iowa, there has been concern about supplies of personal protective equipment, or PPE.  Jake Nicholson with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management says Mahaska County will be…
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Iowa coronavirus deaths pass 2200

Iowa surpassed 211,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2,200 deaths on Monday (11/23), and the state remains ranked third-highest in the nation for virus positivity rate. There were 1,661 new confirmed cases in the past 24…
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