NEWS

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will be in Newton Thursday morning (6/20).  She and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg will attend the kickoff for Homes for Iowa at the Newton Correctional Facility.  Inmates at Newton will build…

The next time you vote in Mahaska County, you’ll see something new on the ballot.  At Monday’s Mahaska County Board meeting, the Board approved an official County Seal.  Mahaska County Auditor Sue Brown explains why…

Rain has forced the postponement of racing action at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway once again. The wet conditions have plagued the Speedway all race season and the officials of the SIS were left…

There was a baseball game and a roller coaster ride Tuesday (6/18) night at Oskaloosa High School.  Knoxville jumped out to a 6-0 lead after an inning and a half.  Then the Indians got a…

by edward morris  CMT - The Tin Roof saloon, just off Nashville’s Music Row, has the quaint charm of an underground coal mine. It’s long, claustrophobically narrow and darker than a security guard’s scowl. But had…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATT ROURKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia’s port in what they described as one of the largest drug…

An Oskaloosa woman who’s getting a new trial for killing her daughter wants her previous statements kept out of the new trial.  You’ll remember Alicia Ritenour was convicted in 2014 of killing her 17-month-old daughter,…

Attorneys for the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts want his next court date to be postponed.  On Tuesday (6/18), Cristhian Behena Rivera’s attorneys asked that a June 25th court date be postponed so they could…

Oskaloosa’s baseball team won its fifth in a row Monday night (6/17), defeating Pella Christian 8-2 in Pella.  The Indians’ first five batters in the first inning reached base, with four of them scoring.  Wyatt…

By MESFIN FEKADU NEW YORK (AP) — Since Shania Twain launched her first residency in Las Vegas seven years ago, Sin City has been invaded with contemporary pop stars, from Lady Gaga to Drake to…