Sigourney & Pekin superintendent stepping down at end of school year
Mar 17, 2021
The Sigourney and Pekin School Districts will have a new superintendent next fall. David Harper announced via Twitter that he has accepted a job with the Ottumwa School District as executive director for human resources…
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Bahena Rivera to have trial management conference
Mar 17, 2021
The man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts will have a trial management conference Wednesday (3/17). Cristian Behana Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts in July 2018 while she was jogging in her home town of…
Special statewide traffic enforcement for St. Patrick's Day
Mar 17, 2021
Iowa's new Traffic Fatality Task Force will launch the first of four special traffic enforcement efforts Wednesday (3/17) for St. Patrick's Day. State Patrol Spokesman Alex Dinkla says they bring all agencies together to work…
Luke Combs Can’t Wait To Watch March Madness
Mar 17, 2021
The March Madness basketball tournament kicks off this week, and Luke Combs is certainly glad to see it back after last year was canceled due to the pandemic. “I think everybody loves March Madness. You…
Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffy
Mar 16, 2021
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much as…
Study finds your social media post impacts your job search
Mar 16, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY A University of Iowa study finds things you post on social media could prevent you from getting your dream job, even though it’s a fuzzy, gray area for potential employers to be scouring…
Tossing Iowa ordinances that ban rejection of Section 8 housing vouchers
Mar 16, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON All but two Republicans in the Iowa House have voted to ban city ordinances that prevent landlords from rejecting potential tenants who use government housing vouchers to pay rent. The Republican-led Senate…
Oskaloosa City Council approves budget
Mar 16, 2021
The Oskaloosa City Council approved its budget for fiscal year 2022 at their regular meeting Monday night (3/15). The 2022 property tax levy is approximately $14.30 per $1000 valuation; that’s 12 cents higher than the…
Opry Releasing Vinyl Featuring COVID Performances
Mar 16, 2021
Luke Combs, Brad Paisley, and Reba McEntire are just a few of the artists featured on the new limited-edition vinyl, “Unbroken / Empty Room, Full Circle,” being released by the Grand Ole Opry. The album…
Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’
Mar 15, 2021
By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,…