NEWS

Prosecutors have rested their case in the Michelle Boat murder trial.  Boat is accused of killing Tracy Mondabough of Ottumwa in May of last year.  Mondabough was the girlfriend of Boat’s estranged husband.  The state…

A woman from Oskaloosa was found dead Sunday (5/9) off the shoulder of Interstate 35 in West Des Moines.  West Des Moines Police were called shortly before noon to I-35 near mile marker 70.5, just…

Congratulations are in order for Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren. The singer announced over the weekend that they are expecting their fourth child, and yet another baby girl. "Well... we are pregnant again!" he…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON House Speaker Pat Grassley says the stalemate among Republicans over state tax policy is the way the legislative process should work. “Iowans, if they thought we just came down here and we…

Oskaloosa Main Street has received a grant from the Mahaska County Community Foundation for a new towable stainless steel gas grill.  The grill will be used to prepare corn on the cob for Oskaloosa’s annual…

The Sigourney and Pekin School Districts have hired a new superintendent, who will start this summer. Kevin Hatfield has been a superintendent at West Branch, as well as a teacher and coach in Pleasant Valley…

After being canceled last year due to COVID, Milwaukee’s Summerfest is set to return in September, with a lot of great music. This year the fest will take place over three weekends, September 2nd to…

For the second straight week, Rick Van Dusseldorp was the winner in the Southern Iowa Speedway’s hobby stock division.  Also on the track Wednesday (5/5), Montezuma High School sophomore Maguire DeJong won the sports mod…

As interest in the coronavirus vaccine continues to lag, Iowa public health officials are trying to make it easier to get a shot. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday (5/5) that a bus will be set…