NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With…

Dolly Parton's life story set to music, the stage production "Dolly: An Original Musical," will have its world premiere in Nashville this summer, before making its way to Broadway in 2026. The autobiographical play will have a limited…

DES MOINES -- Ice conditions at many Iowa lakes have been changing quickly over the past few days. Those changes are only likely to accelerate with the warm weather forecast for the next week.. This…

PELLA -- Central RED Society offers an impressive schedule of programs for this spring that are open to the public. Details about each event are available at central.edu/red. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Jim Hibma will present…

PACKWOOD -- The Pekin Community School District Board of Education has named David Harper as the district's next superintendent. As chief operations officer in the Ottumwa CSD, Harper oversees human resources and district operations of…

Luke Bryan will be taking to the road in a big way this year. After he concludes his California Farm Tour, Luke is gathering a bunch of his friends to travel the country. The "Country Song Came…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users' ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech…

By Natalie Krebs (Radio Iowa) State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting high absence rates due to illness. Iowa Health and Human Services reports a boost statewide in…

PELLA -- Central College accounting faculty and students will again provide free income tax preparation services for Marion County residents. This assistance is made possible through a grant from the Iowa Center for Economic Success,…

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday, January 17, 2025, to 35 years in federal prison for enticement and attempted enticement of a minor and for committing an offense while a…