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By: Jerry Mackey DeJong Manufacturing of New Sharon hosted the 2019 Season Championships on Wednesday night at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway. The headliner of the night was the Midstate Machine Stock Car Championship…

A man from Agency accused of shooting his father wants his bond reduced.  36-year-old David Nordyke III was charged with attempted murder in the July 8 shooting of David Nordyke Junior.  Nordyke III has been…

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg were in Pella Thursday morning (8/1) to meet with apprentices at Vermeer Incorporated.  The Governor has long supported apprentice programs of this type.  She also touted…

Kelsea Ballerini has completed work on her third album. She posted to Instagram a few days back, “I have no words left for this caption because we wrote them all these last 3 days, and…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ASTRID GALVAN SAN DIEGO (AP) — More than 900 children, including babies and toddlers, were separated from their parents at the border in the year after a judge ordered the practice…

Several Pekin baseball players received Class 1A all-Southeast District recognition from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.  Shortstop Tanner Bainbridge and outfielder Caleb Comstock are on the all-district first team, while Panthers pitcher Brady…

Carrie Underwood made the day of a group of elementary school students last month, and the whole thing was caught on tape. The Andrew Jackson Elementary School Eagle Honor Choir caught Carrie’s attention when they…

Wednesday night’ (7/31) is the final night of racing for the season at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa.  Season point champions will be crowned in five different divisions.  Hot laps start at 7pm with…

An Albia man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at a man in Ottumwa Sunday night (7/28).  Ottumwa Police tell the No Coast Network the shooting took place in an upstairs apartment in the 800…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is set to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents. The Indiana State Department…