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Oskaloosa School Board to honor retiring teachers

The Oskaloosa School Board will honor all teachers who are retiring before Tuesday’s (5/10) regular Board meeting.  The reception will start at 5:00 at the George Daily Auditorium Board Room.  Then at 6, the School…
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Mental Health Awareness Month

A coalition of groups is holding a statewide event Tuesday (5/10) celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month. Disability Rights Iowa and 24 co-sponsors are making the event available to Iowans in-person, at six satellite locations and…
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The Chicks Are Ready To Hit The Road Again

The Chicks are finally ready to head out on tour after their “Gaslighter” trek was called off due to the pandemic, and it sounds like fans are in for some surprises. The band is particularly excited…
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Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault

By CURT ANDERSON and CODY JACKSON MIAMI (AP) — Humans don’t know what they’re missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the “cruise capital of the world.” Just below the keels of…
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Public meetings to discuss Greater Ottumwa Park

The City of Ottumwa wants to know what you think about Greater Ottumwa Park.  The City will hold two public meetings on Wednesday, May 18 at Bridge View Center to get public input on what…
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Three teens shot at Des Moines after-prom party

Three Des Moines teenagers were shot and injured after some uninvited guests showed up to an after-prom party. Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek says about 200 people were at the party before the shooting…
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Colfax man missing after boating accident

Law enforcement says a Colfax man remains missing after a boating accident on the Des Moines River southeast of Runnels on Saturday afternoon (5/7). Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt says three people in an air…
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Mickey Gilley Dies At 86

Country star Mickey Gilley, best known for his association with the 1980s film “Urban Cowboy,” passed away Saturday in Branson, Missouri at the age of 86. No cause of death was revealed. According to a statement…
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US added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation

By PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher…
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Iowan pleads guilty to assaulting policeman in US Capitol riot

BY O. KAY HENDERSON An Iowa man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a policeman during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year on January 6th. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of…
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