NEWS

By Sam Parsons The Pella School Board met yesterday and approved their 2023-24 academic calendar. The first day of school is scheduled for August 23rd, and the last day is on May 23, 2024. Winter…

Jason Aldean is hitting the road for his “2023 Highway Desperado Tour” starting from July 14th in Bethel, New York. He will be joined by Mitchell Tenpenny, Corey Kent and Dee Jay Silver, ending on October 28th in Tampa, Florida.…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rihanna is pregnant with her second child. A representative for the pop superstar confirmed the pregnancy soon after Rihanna wrapped an epic Super Bowl halftime performance. Rihanna’s outfit prominently showed off…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa GOP’s chairman says there will be “layer upon layer” of safeguards for voting in the 2024 Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses that will kick off the GOP’s presidential…

KNOXVILLE, IA -- At approximately 8:42 am yesterday the Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an abandoned vehicle out in a bean field on a property southeast of Beech, Iowa in rural Marion…

NEW SHARON -- An event that has become a staple for North Mahaska students, staff and patrons, returns Feb. 24. The junior class after prom committee is hosting blind volleyball beginning at 6 p.m. in…

Chris Stapleton sang the National Anthem at the upcoming Super Bowl last night, but get this - he had previously said he would never perform the anthem…unless it was at the Super Bowl! But now that…

OSKALOOSA -- Tomorrow morning, the third round of Eggs & Issues with the Mahaska Chamber in 2023 is happening at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa from 8:30-9:30am. Tomorrow's panel will feature an Arts and Culture Roundtable…

PHOENIX (AP) — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day…

DES MOINES – The start of 2023 was encouraging for water resources in Iowa.  Precipitation for the month was 1.82 inches, nearly double the normal moisture.  All of Iowa’s reporting stations reported near to above-average precipitation. …