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Carrie Underwood has long professed her love for rock music, occasionally performing or recording with rock royalty such as Aerosmith, Papa Roach, the Rolling Stones and others. But is she considering a more significant pivot…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the days of 2% or 3% interest rates on home mortgages are over. “We all have to get used to these higher rates.…

OTTUMWA -- Crews at the Ottumwa, Calvary, and Ottumwa Jewish Cemeteries will begin the annual fall cleanup on Thursday, October 1. Families that wish to keep any tributes or memorial decorations need to remove those…

OSKALOOSA -- Musco recently opened its newest product testing facility, a 30,000-square-foot building, located at 601 First Avenue West in Oskaloosa. It expands Musco’s ability to design, test, and support innovative lighting solutions for customers…

Kenny Chesney is holding a party for the release of his first new music in more than two years. The singer has announced a "Silver Sands Marina Album Release Party" this Friday at the Pinnacle in…

Chris Stapleton appeared with Tom Petty's Heartbreakers at the Americana Awards. The band performed three songs: "American Girl," which featured guitarist Mike Campbell on lead vocals; "Breakdown," which saw Stapleton take the mic; and "You…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they…

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The University of Iowa has received approval to move ahead with five construction projects, including the renovation or replacement of the Memorial Union parking ramp. UI vice president Rod Lehnertz…

DES MOINES – An Ottumwa man was sentenced on September 15, 2026, to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. According to public court documents, on February 25, 2026, John…