NEWS

Tuesday (6/7) is primary election day in Iowa.  Polls are open from 7am until 8pm.  The main statewide races concern Chuck Grassley’s US Senate seat.  Grassley is facing a primary challenge from Jim Carlin on…

Kacey Musgraves recently performed Primavera Sound 2022 in Barcelona, Spain and it sounds like she didn’t have the best time flying home. The singer took to social media to detail her terrible experience flying American Airlines,…

By CALVIN WOODWARD WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are processing the nightmare of the slaughter of children in Texas, the racist murders in Buffalo, New York, and the other numbingly repeated scenes of carnage in the United States. They’re contending…

The Oskaloosa City Council will have a busy evening Monday (6/6).  They’ll hold a study session at 4:45pm to discuss a request for tax incentives.  Christner Properties plans to develop a building in the 700…

The City of Ottumwa has received a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant for the Blessings Soup Kitchen Food Program Assistance Project.  The money will be used to buy two commercial stoves, two commercial refrigerators, two…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A midterm primary season that opened with elections testing former President Donald Trump’s sway among Republicans enters a new phase this week with U.S. House contests that will shape the future…

Gwen Stefani took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for opening night of the iconic amphitheater’s 100th season. And she had a little surprise in store…

By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — “Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Law enforcement officials say two young women were shot to death and the gunman killed himself last night in the parking lot of a church in Ames. The Cornerstone Church was hosting…

Now that it’s summer, it’s festival season across the region.  Oskaloosa will hold its first Friday After Five event Friday night (6/3) on the town square.  There will be food trucks from 5 until 9pm,…