County Board races
Nov 04, 2020
Checking the Mahaska County Board race, incumbent Mark Groenendyk defeated Kathryn Kaul-Goodman, with 7055 votes to Kaul-Goodman’s 3559. And Chuck Webb defeated Lisa Ossian for the seat vacated by the late Steve Parker; Webb with…
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Coronavirus update
Nov 03, 2020
Two people from Wapello County have died from coronavirus. Those deaths are among 22 new deaths reported Tuesday (11/3) by the Iowa Department of Public Health for a pandemic total of 1755. 64 Wapello County…
Weekend coronavirus update
Nov 02, 2020
A Mahaska County resident is one of eleven Iowans who died over the weekend from coronavirus. 25 people in Mahaska County have died during the pandemic. Statewide, 1716 people have died from COVID-19. And the…
Iowa coronavirus cases continue to rise
Oct 30, 2020
Iowa coronavirus spread continued at a high level Thursday (10/29) with more than 2,400 new confirmed cases identified and more than 600 people hospitalized, a new high. Iowa Department of Public Health data shows 25…
Hy-Vee introducing grocery cart sanitizing system
Oct 29, 2020
BY MATT KELLEY Iowa’s largest supermarket chain claims it’s the first in the nation to install an automated grocery cart cleansing system, an effort to calm fears about COVID-19. Hy-Vee spokeswoman Dawn Buzynski says the Sterile…
Small Business Administration Roundtable
Oct 28, 2020
Jayne Armstrong, District Director and Tom Salisbury, Regional Administrator-Kansas City, of SBA will be conducting a Roundtable event on Friday, Oct 30th, at 9am at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa. SBA would like to hear…
Osky school board meets Tuesday
Oct 27, 2020
The Oskaloosa School Board meets Tuesday night (10/27) to review its return to learn plan and deal with matters over the $13 million in sales tax revenue bonds the District has approved for construction projects…
Keokuk County man dies in fall from tree stand
Oct 26, 2020
A hunter from rural Ollie has died after he fell from a tree stand Thursday (10/22) in Keokuk County. The Iowa DNR says 76-year-old Raymond Byers was reported missing after he didn’t come home from…
Lockdown at Centerville schools
Oct 23, 2020
Schools in Centerville were locked down Thursday afternoon (10/22) while law enforcement searched for an armed man. That man was found and Centerville Police say he did not have a weapon. The man was taken…
Coronavirus update
Oct 22, 2020
Another 15 people have died of the coronavirus in Iowa and there were more than 1,400 confirmed new cases of the virus, a state agency reported Thursday morning (10/22). The state Department of Public Health…