NEWS

BY DAR DANIELSON Iowa may not be at the top of the list of cruise ship destinations — but hundreds of people will be visiting on Mississippi River cruises this year. Steve Ahrens is the executive…

Maddie & Tae are back with a new single. The duo just released the new tune “Every Night Every Morning,” which they wrote with Jonathan Singleton and Brock Berryhill. The track is the first song off the duo’s upcoming…

BY MATT KELLEY Travel industry experts predict the upcoming Fourth of July holiday will be the busiest-ever for travel by car, truck, SUV and van in Iowa and nationwide, despite record or near-record gasoline prices. Meredith…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what…

You can hear a reading of the Declaration of Independence this coming Tuesday (6/28) in downtown Oskaloosa.  Teri Rogers with the Mahaska County Republican Party Central Committee says the event starts at 7 at the…

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is…

Tim McGraw’s song “Humble and Kind” hit number one six years ago this week, and Tim says the message of the tune never gets old. “’Humble and Kind,’ to me, the message of that song and…

Alan Jackson is getting in the whiskey business. The singer has just launched the new Silverbelly Whiskey, distilled exclusively for, and hand selected by, Jackson himself. The whiskey, named after his signature cowboy hat, was made…

By JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” telling lawmakers that there were…

RANDALIA, Iowa (AP) — A northeast Iowa farmer has pleaded not guilty to neglect charges after more than 3,000 feeder hogs died on his property. Derek David Smith, 41, of Randalia, waived an arraignment and…