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OTTUMWA -- Crews at the Ottumwa, Calvary and Ottumwa Jewish Cemeteries will begin the annual fall clean up on Monday, October 2nd.   Families that wish to keep any tributes or memorial decorations need to remove…

By Ellis Codjoe (Radio Iowa) Recent court filings show a southeast Iowa man who skipped the jury verdict in his murder trial and went on the run faces another charge after his capture. Sixty-three-year-old Gregory…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $835 million after no one beat the immense odds Monday night and won the top prize. The winning numbers were: 10, 12, 22,…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) A review committee is recommending the elimination or consolidation of 43% of state boards, commissions and advisory groups — slightly fewer than were listed in the committee’s initial report.…

OSKALOOSA -- Mahaska County Master Gardeners announce a viewing of a Gardening to Protect Pollinators archived webinar from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension will be held Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 7 PM.   Many land…

UNIVERSITY PARK -- The community is invited to the 2nd annual University Park Fall Festival. The festival will be hosted at the University Park Community Center and city park and will feature lots of family-friendly…

Kids in the 70's and 80's had "Schoolhouse Rock" - and many of us can still sing along to the animated lessons decades later. Music makes a mental connection with almost everyone. Third grade teacher Faith…

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND (AP) -- NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles…

When you grow up in a family that had to count pennies like Shania Twain did, you learn to get creative and make things last. Shania showed off her thrifty skills to great effect and thanked a…

By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) A grain that millions of people in Asia and India eat every day is almost unheard-of in Iowa, but a researcher at Iowa State University says it has the potential…