NEWS

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has unanimously voted to send $3 million in state funds to the University of Iowa to support pediatric cancer research and clinical trials. “I’ll be the…

OTTUMWA -- The City of Ottumwa will mark Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22 with two separate events: a community tree planting led by the Parks and Recreation Department and the kickoff of the annual…

MARION COUNTY – Authorities in Marion County are investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred on Highway 163. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports that the accident took place on Monday afternoon on Highway 163 near…

OTTUMWA – A Sigourney man has been charged with murder after a fatal shooting that occurred in Ottumwa in the early morning hours on Tuesday. According to the Ottumwa Police Department, on Tuesday, April 21,…

The long-awaited collab between Drake and Morgan Wallen may be fast approaching. In an IG post by Drake's friend and sometime producer Octavian, there's a carousel of photos, including one of Drizzy in a mirror selfie...but sitting off to the…

SHREVEPORT (AP) -- Teacher Angela Hall always starts the day gathering her preschool students in a circle in their Shreveport, Louisiana, classroom. The kids giggle. They share. And they look for who's missing. “Braylon, he’s…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The ongoing debate at the statehouse over how to cut property taxes includes a discussion of the gas tax. A Senate-passed property tax bill includes a mechanism to automatically…

GRINNELL – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the City of Grinnell will host a public meeting at 5:30 p.m., May 5th, at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell to discuss plans to…

By Sam Parsons The Oskaloosa city council held a regular meeting last night and officially approved their annual budget and levying tax for the upcoming fiscal year. The property tax rate included in the budget…

Morgan Wallen's support for his hometown and his high school baseball team is reaching new heights. The school he played varsity baseball for (and the ball field it named after the singer) are about to get…