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Probe inconclusive on racist picture in governor’s yearbook

By BEN FINLEY and ALAN SUDERMAN NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface…
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Travis Tritt Advocates Against Impaired Driving After Wreck

CMT - by lauren tingle Tonda Cross, 61, of Ellettsville, Ind. and Charles “Cody” Wade, 25, of Horry County, S.C. died in a multi-vehicle accident involving Travis Tritt’s tour bus over the weekend. According to Myrtle Beach Online, Wade…
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Osky takes on Pella in boys soccer playoffs

Oskaloosa’s boys’ soccer team plays at Pella Wednesday night (5/22) in the semifinals of the Class 2A Substate 6 playoffs. Pella won the regular season meeting 3-0 back on April 30.  We’ll have the game…
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Local violinist wins Ottumwa Symphony award

A recent Oskaloosa High School graduate has won the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists competition.  Elise Snyder is a violinist who has played in the Iowa All-State Orchestra.  She plans to attend Indian Hills Community…
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Rained Out

You can forget most of Tuesday’s (5/21) high school sports schedule.  Tonight’s Oskaloosa at Knoxville baseball doubleheader and softball single game have been postponed because of rain.  The baseball games will be made up May…
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Jon Pardi kicks off new country album with fiddles

By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country traditionalist Jon Pardi is kicking off his third album just the way he likes his country music — with a fiddle intro. Pardi, whose 2016 album,…
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Oskaloosa wins boys soccer playoff opener

Oskaloosa’s boys’ soccer team has its first winning streak of the season as the playoffs get under way. The Indians opened the Class 2A Substate 6 playoffs Monday (5/20) with a 2-1 victory over Fairfield…
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Tornadoes flip campers, damage homes in Southern Plains

By KEN MILLER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado touched down Tuesday near Tulsa International Airport, injuring at least one person and damaging about a dozen homes, amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought…
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Flood update

Checking the flooding situation, the North Skunk River near Sigourney is still well above flood stage.  As of 6:30 Tuesday morning (5/21), the river was at 19.6 feet—still over three and a half feet above…
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Fairfield officer to plead guilty to stealing drugs

A Fairfield Police officer now says he will plead guilty to stealing painkillers from a local veterinarian. According to online court records, Ryan Mills told the Washington County Court Monday (5/20) he will change his…
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