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OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa man was arrested this week for allegedly using another individual’s credit card without authorization. Court documents state that the Ottumwa Police Department began investigating the credit card use on the evening…

Is Taylor Swift resurrecting her very first hit with a reimagined "Taylor's Version?" Taylor, of course, got her start in country, with the breakthrough hit "Tim McGraw" in 2006. The song hit #6 on the country charts,…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang…

DES MOINES -- The campgrounds at Iowa state parks and forests are opening for business on April 1. Staff are busy sprucing up campsites, freshening up facilities, and will be turning on water during the…

KNOXVILLE -- The previously scheduled full road closure to Highway T15 across the Red Rock Dam for April 1-3, 2026 has been CANCELLED. Please keep in mind that additional partial and full road closures may…

OSKALOOSA -- Scams are becoming more sophisticated every day—and they’re costing Americans billions of dollars each year. A FREE educational Stop the Scammers event will be held in Oskaloosa next month to help protect the…

We told you a few weeks back that Dolly Parton now had a children's hospital named after her (the former East Tennessee Children's Hospital). While it would certainly be fitting to name a hospital (or any other building)…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog said Tuesday it was considering court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their…

By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) A three-month project to clean up Iowa’s waterways, roadways and neighborhoods will launch this week, and more helpers are needed. Andy Frantz, executive director of Keep Iowa Beautiful, says the…

PELLA -- Once a year, something remarkable happens across Central College's alumni network and campus community. Social feeds fill with red and white. "Go Dutch" can be heard across the country. And donations begin rolling…