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A motorcyclist from Ottumwa has died from injuries sustained in a collision with a SUV Monday (4/1) in Ottumwa.  Ottumwa Police say they were called around 10:35am to a report of a crash at the…

There won’t be a spring cleanup in Oskaloosa.  Monday night (4/1), the Oskaloosa City Council voted to end the spring cleanup program, where residents have put old appliances on the curb for city crews to…

Work is continuing to fix a break in the sanitary sewer line at the Newton Correctional Facility.  The Iowa DNR says the break was reported around noon Friday (3/29).  Officials with the Facility say raw…

Ottumwa has a daily double Saturday (3/30) for people who like the outdoors.  The Ottumwa Park Campground will open for the season Saturday.  And there will also be a fishing derby in the Ottumwa Park…

Construction on East Main Street in Ottumwa will resume Monday (4/1).  The work will be on Main between Jefferson and Vine Streets.  The phase starting Monday will be from the middle of the 500 block…

The Environmental Learning Center in Oskaloosa will hold its annual Maple Syrup Festival Saturday morning (3/30).  Mahaska County Conservation Board naturalist Laura DeCook talks about the festival. "I will give a presentation about the process…

Judge Lucy Gamon has denied Luke Vanhemert's claim of immunity from prosecution under Iowa's "Stand Your Ground Law".   In overruling the Defendant's Motion to Force Immunity, Judge Gamon distinguished the Iowa law from a similar…

This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa.  One of this week’s activities is a statewide tornado drill that will take place Wednesday morning (3/27) at 10:10am.  Meteorologist Allan Curtis with the National Weather Service…

The second trial of an Oskaloosa, Iowa, mother convicted of killing her daughter will stay in Mahaska County at least for now.. Alicia Ritenour is accused of killing her 17-month-old daughter, Ava, in January 2014.…

Alicia Ritenour’s re-trial for murdering her 17-month-old daughter will still take place in Mahaska County—at least for now.  Ritenour is accused of killing her daughter, Ava, in January 2014.  She was found guilty at her…