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Oskaloosa Main Street Celebrates a Successful 2024 Lighted Christmas Parade and Holiday Season

OSKALOOSA -- The 2024 Lighted Christmas Parade held on Saturday, December 7, was a huge success. “It was a night to remember,” shared Angella Foster, Oskaloosa Main Street Director. “Seeing the joy on people’s faces,…
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Oskaloosa City Council Approves Amended 28E Agreement with Pella for SCRAA

By Sam Parsons The Oskaloosa city council hosted their final regular meeting of the calendar year last night. The council discussed an amended and restated 28E agreement with the city of Pella for the South…
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LAINEY WILSON EXPERIENCES A FULL-CIRCLE MOMENT IN LAS VEGAS

Lainey Wilson's career has come so far so quickly, she's constantly experiencing landmark moments. One such instance happened Saturday night. Lainey's "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" tour stopped at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and it…
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Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball sells for $1.56 million at auction

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series has sold for $1.56 million at auction. The bidding at SCP Auctions went into the late hours of…
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Resurgence of avian influenza in wild birds

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its federal partners have been monitoring for the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Iowa’s wild birds since early 2022. After nearly a year without…
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Iowa Finance Authority Awards more than $12.5 million to Local Housing Trust Funds to Advance Housing Priorities

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors recently announced the award of a total of more than $12.5 million in grants to 27 Local Housing Trust Funds to support local housing…
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Lynnville Woman Dies in Rural Jasper County Accident

JASPER COUNTY – A collision between a pickup truck and a semi in rural Jasper County over the weekend took the life of a Lynnville woman. According to traffic records, on Saturday afternoon, at around…
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DOLLY PARTON DONATES $1-MILLION TO THE SALVATION ARMY

$3-million to Hurricane Helene relief efforts, and now $1-million to the Salvation Army. Dolly Parton is almost too good to be true. It's the second time Dolly has made a million-dollar donation to the bell-ringers. The Salvation Army’s…
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Trump is named Time's Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the year. The honors for the businessman-turned-politician…
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Officials say Iowa tax receipts to be $1 billion lower, due to tax cuts

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The governor’s top budget advisor and two other officials agree state tax collections during the next state budgeting year will drop $67 million more than they predicted two months…
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