NEWS

By Sam Parsons The Pella City Council held a regular meeting last night and hosted three public hearings. Those led to the approval of a contract with Excel Mechanical for the first phase of HVAC…

The Texas flood benefit put together by Parker McCollum and Miranda Lambert brought in a huge bag for relief efforts. "Band Together Texas" raised over $8.5-million, with more coming in, for The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country and…

DARE COUNTY, NC (AP) -- Holly Andrzejewski hadn't yet welcomed her and her family's first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer…

DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally,…

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – For Oskaloosa Police Officer Jenna Stengel, serving her community has always been about more than enforcing the law. Now, as the district’s second full-time School Resource Officer (SRO), she is stepping into…

OTTUMWA -- On Monday, August 18th, 2025 at approximately 12:53 AM, emergency services were dispatched to the 100 block of Church Street for a medical call.  Upon arrival, a 17 year old female was found…

By Sam Parsons The Oskaloosa City Council held a regular meeting last night and formally rejected the plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the 8th Avenue West reconstruction project. The project was…

MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Department of Management has sent an alert to state employees, warning that the state’s Emergency Operations Center has observed an increase in so-called “phishing” attacks targeting state…

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Farm, Food and Enterprise Development team is holding two webinars in August that will explore the role of intense heat on farmers and growers, as well…