Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Unchanged in July
Aug 18, 2023
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July but remains down from 2.8 percent one year ago. The state’s labor force added 2,700 new workers in July,…
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Mahaska Health facilitates Mobile Food Pantry in Oskaloosa
Aug 18, 2023
OSKALOOSA -- Mahaska Health team members and community volunteers work together at the Southern Iowa fairgrounds on the second Monday of each month to lead the Food Bank of Iowa mobile food pantry. This initiative…
ATV/UTV Crash in Cedar Results in Fatality
Aug 18, 2023
CEDAR – A 2 vehicle crash in rural Mahaska County last night resulted in the death of a 16-year-old. According to the Mahaska County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa State Patrol, last night at around…
LAINEY WILSON VISITS VANDERBILT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Aug 17, 2023
Lainey Wilson has been known to bring a young fan or two on stage when she performs, but she recently went to the young fans - at Nashville's Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. The kids being treated there are sick,…
US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says
Aug 17, 2023
SYDNEY (AP) -- U.S. women's national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked…
Lawmakers suggest new rules for Iowa Veterans Fund grants
Aug 17, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) A group of lawmakers is recommending that new guidelines be developed for grants from the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund. The grants are for things like car or home repairs…
Central RED Hosts Speakers on Wildfires and Travel
Aug 17, 2023
PELLA -- Central College’s Central RED Society will present “Flying for Wildfire Fighters” with Donald Todd and “Travels on Seven Continents” with Philip Larson on Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room, in…
Two Charged with Numerous Crimes Following Investigation in Pella
Aug 17, 2023
PELLA -- 22-year-old Natalie Erickson and 33-year-old Julia Nelson, both of Minnesota, were charged following an investigation of alleged criminal activity. On Tuesday, August 15th, 2023, Officers were notified by a local bank drive-up that…
Prosecutors weigh second gun analysis in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
Aug 16, 2023
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have received a second expert analysis of the revolver fired in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western film in New…
Iowa Red Cross volunteers helping survivors of Maui fire
Aug 16, 2023
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) More than a half-dozen Iowans are now on the wildfire-ravaged Hawaiian island of Maui, helping survivors there recover from last week’s swift-moving fire. About a hundred people were killed in…