Brooklyn Drug Bust Ends in Suspect Taking Own Life
Dec 19, 2025
BROOKLYN – A drug bust in the city of Brooklyn yesterday resulted in the closure of Brooklyn City Hall, the temporary closure of some downtown businesses, and the subject of a search warrant taking his…
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Hulu Is Making A Show Inspired By Miranda Lambert's Music
Dec 19, 2025
Hulu is developing an unnamed series inspired by Miranda Lambert’s music, with Sony Pictures Television teaming up with showrunner Judalina Neira on the project. Described as “‘Big Little Lies’ gone honky-tonk,” the show centers on a complicated friendship as one woman…
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Dec 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of…
Weekly Fuel Report
Dec 18, 2025
DES MOINES -- The price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 5 cents from last week's price and is currently averaging $2.48 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell…
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Receives $3.5 Million Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust
Dec 18, 2025
KNOXVILLE, IA – Knoxville Hospital & Clinics (KHC) is excited to announce it has received a $3.5 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to purchase a TrueBeam linear accelerator, a…
Mahaska Health Welcomes Hospitalist Dr. Ruffin Tchakounte to the Inpatient Care Team
Dec 18, 2025
OSKALOOSA -- Mahaska Health is proud to welcome Ruffin Tchakounte, DO, to the Inpatient care team. Dr. Tchakounte is a Hospitalist specializing in Internal Medicine with experience caring for patients across inpatient, outpatient, and critical…
Wind Advisory to be in Effect for Our Area Today
Dec 18, 2025
DES MOINES – A wind advisory will be in effect for our area today. The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued the advisory for much of central into eastern Iowa; that includes Mahaska, Monroe,…
Keith Urban Visits Nashville Children's Hospital, GIves Guitars To Its Music Therapy Program
Dec 18, 2025
Keith Urban may be going through a tough personal time, but he still makes time for those that are struggling. The singer paid a visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville earlier this week,…
Oskaloosa Awarded State-Backed Grant to Strengthen Small Businesses and Startups
Dec 17, 2025
OSKALOOSA -- The Mahaska Chamber and Development Group has been selected as one of three communities to receive funding through the Iowa Rural Development Council’s Rural Business Initiative (RBI) grant program, with support approved this…
Warmth That Lasts: Santa’s Helpers Trade the North Pole for Oskaloosa
Dec 17, 2025
OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Inside a classroom at Oskaloosa High School, winter coats are folded neatly beside stacks of sweatpants, socks, and snow pants. Students move with purpose, checking sizes, comparing prices, and carefully tracking budgets.…