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Oskaloosa Fire Chief Mark Neff says he’s retiring.  Neff broke the news at Monday’s (9/16) Oskaloosa City Council meeting.  He says he’ll be taking a job with the State Fire Marshal’s Office.  Neff says it…

A big tuition cut at Central College in Pella.  The college Tuesday (9/10) introduced an annual tuition of $18,600 starting in the fall of 2020.  That’s down $20,000 from this year’s tuition.  College officials say…

The Ottumwa School Board has a new member.  Jon Bunt was appointed to the Board Monday (9/9) to replace Bill Allen, who stepped down from the Board last month.  Bunt was one of three applicants…

There’s going to be an election Tuesday (9/10) in the North Mahaska School District.  Voters will decide on a $12.8 million bond issue to pay for improvements to the school buildings.  Those improvements include security…

Ottumwa Police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death.  Police were called to a home on North Green Street Thursday afternoon (9/5).  After talking to family members, Police executed a search warrant at…

By: Joe Lancello A man from Agency who’s accused of shooting his father has been released from jail without bond—but he has to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.  David Nordyke III has been in jail since…

By: Joe Lancello A woman from Marshalltown was killed Tuesday afternoon (9/3) while she was fleeing a traffic stop in Knoxville.  The Iowa State Patrol says 40-year-old Erin Ruth Weers was going north on Highway…

Two of the first 13 recipients of grants from the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund are from Oskaloosa.  The Oskaloosa School District, in partnership with several local businesses, will begin a project that intends…

Testimony from Alicia Ritenour’s first trial for murder will be heard in her re-trial next month.  Ritenour is accused of killing her 18-month-old daughter Ava in 2014.  Last year, a judge ruled that Ritenour had…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Former Governor Terry Branstad championed statewide standards that overrode local attempts to restrict where livestock confinements may be built, but his successor says she will not propose statewide standards for placement of…