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OSKALOOSA -- The absentee voting period begins today in the state of Iowa. In Mahaska County, ballots ARE NOT available at this time. However, voters wishing to have an absentee ballot mailed to  them may…

Shania Twain knows a thing or two about being an incredibly hot young pop and country star - so when Drew Barrymore brought up Taylor Swift on "The Drew Barrymore Show," Shania could absolutely relate. Drew started off the conversation…

Jelly Roll was in Jacksonville Florida over the weekend - the hometown of the legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. And Jelly, who like any Southern boy has a deep abiding love for Skynyrd, wasn't going to…

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world…

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) Rains kept some farmers out of the fields at a key time last week as they tried to get the harvest completed. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says with the…

By Sam Parsons KBOE Radio received the Honored Institution Award yesterday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The station received the award for 50 years of weather observations with the National Weather Service. Marvin…

By Sam Parsons An accident that occurred during a hayrack ride in What Cheer over the weekend is now being investigated. According to a briefing released by the Keokuk County Sheriff’s Office yesterday, the department…

Keith Whitley tragically passed away after just two albums and an EP, but his legacy is massive, with many country singers that came after him name-checking him as a huge influence. Whitley passed away at the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged in the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the “The Wizard of Oz” pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that could keep him out of prison…

CLIVE, Iowa — A popular new option is being added to the Powerball® game in Iowa that will give players the chance to play – and win – with the same set of numbers in…