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POWESHIEK COUNTY – A semi truck driver was critically injured during a collision with a train in Poweshiek County yesterday. The crash reportedly took place at around 4:30 PM on 50th Street, southeast of Grinnell.…

Ella Langley hasn't forgotten the people who were there when she wasn't "the Ella Langley." When she was growing up in Hope Hull, Alabama, Langley had a teacher, Maury Popwell (known as "Coach Pop") who would meet with her before…

CUPERTINO (AP) -- Apple's new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure during which the company's value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone's enormous popularity. The…

By Pat Powers (Radio Iowa) The last holiday weekend of summer is just ahead and many Iowans are making plans to vacate the state for short Labor Day getaways. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA-Iowa, says…

OSKALOOSA -- William Penn University (WPU) is preparing to welcome more than 300 parents, family members, and friends to Oskaloosa for Parent/Family Weekend, September 18-19, and local businesses are invited to help make the community…

OTTUMWA -- Greater Ottumwa Partners in Progress (“GOPIP”) announced that they will be sponsoring candidate debates for the 2026 election cycle for the following offices: Wapello County Supervisors, Iowa Senate District 13, and Iowa House…

KNOXVILLE – A structure fire in Knoxville resulted in one firefighter being sent to the hospital. The Knoxville Fire Department says that they were dispatched to the 300 block of E. Pleasant Street last night…

The Country Music Association has announced...when they'll be making an announcement. Yesterday the CMA revealed that the nominees for The 60th Annual CMA Awards would be unveiled September 10. The big announcement will come in stages: "Good Morning America"…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope…

DES MOINES -- The good news for Iowa’s cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa’s 2026 rabbit population is unchanged from last year and the 2025 season was the highest in more than a decade. The…