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Several wrestlers from the area have brought home medals from the State High School Wrestling meet, which concluded Saturday (2/20) in Des Moines.  In Class 3A, Oskaloosa’s Leland Evans finished in sixth place at 145…

Class 1A: North Mahaska @ Montezuma  7pm (KBOE-FM pregame 6:45) Sigourney vs. Lenox @ Clarke-Osceola 7ppm (KMZN AM & FM pregame 6:45) Class 2A: Pella Christian @ West Branch

Iowa grocery stores could opt out of accepting empty containers covered by the state's nickel deposit law under legislation that has cleared a Senate subcommittee. Senator Ken Rozenboom, a Republican from Oskaloosa, says his bill…

Police have identified a man killed and a suspect who was arrested in a stabbing at a northern Iowa pork processing plant. Wayne Smith, 50, of Fort Dodge, was the man stabbed to death, and…

Iowa’s Governor has signed a proclamation to ease transport rules for those hauling motor and heating fuels as a deep freeze across the Midwest sends demand for — and the cost of — those fuels…

Tuesday night (2/16) the Oskaloosa City Council will hold a public hearing on property taxes for fiscal year 2022.  The hearing is required since proposed revenues for the new budget will exceed 102 percent of…

16 people had to be evacuated from an Ottumwa hotel after a fire Friday night (2/12).  Around 8:20pm Friday, the Ottumwa Fire Department was called to the Colonial Motor Inn at 1534 Albia Road.  A…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A bill eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate would set the state on a course that could make Daylight Saving Time permanent. “It’s a good bill. I’ve had a lot of…

A Marion County resident is among 22 deaths from coronavirus reported Thursday (2/11) by the Iowa Department of Public Health.   The state’s death total for the pandemic now stands at 5196.  There were also 841…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee have advanced a bill that would pull state funding from public schools if a New York Times series about slavery is used in history classes. Representative Skyler Wheeler,…