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There's a tradition Down Under where musicians will do a "shoey" on stage, that is, take a drink from a shoe. After that, the performer is supposed to wear the wet footwear for the rest of…

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday…

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The state Board of Regents approved an increase in the budget to replace windows at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. UI Vice President Rod Lehnertz says nearly all of…

OSKALOOSA -- Record keeping is an important part of gardening.  We think we will remember information, but the reality is don't always in the current gardening season, let alone from one year to the next…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- The annual Southern Iowa Speedway Race Car Show will be held this weekend in the comfort of the Penn Central Mall in Oskaloosa. Race cars expected to be in competition…

Jelly Roll returned to his alma mater, Antioch High School in Tennessee, this week but it was a bittersweet visit. Jelly's visit came a little more than a month after a tragic school shooting there that took the…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple's home in Santa Fe, New…

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says he’s encouraged by the announcement of a plan by the U.S. Ag Secretary to address Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Naig tells Radio Iowa…

OSKALOOSA -- High school seniors living in Mahaska County and attending any high school are eligible to apply now for a Chamber Scholarship sponsored by the Mahaska Chamber & Development Group. Information is available from…

DES MOINES -- A Red Flag Warning is in effect for our area today. The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued the warning for much of central and southern Iowa. It is in effect…