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Kane Brown just can’t stop gushing about his 17-month-old daughter Kingsley. During an appearance on “The Artist and The Athlete with Lindsay Czarniak” podcast, Kane calls Kingsley “my best friend,” although she seemed to play…

An Ottumwa man has been arrested after a month-long investigation about sexually exploiting children. In March, Ottumwa Police got a tip about a sexual exploitation case in the area.  On April 15, a search warrant…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — Can lawmakers all just listen to the president — even for one night? Recent history is not assuring. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “you lie!” at President Barack…

Iowa continued to see slow population growth in 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday with the state resident population growing 4.7% in the last decade to 3,190,369 people. While the state retained its four…

Trial has been set for two prison inmates accused of using a hammer to kill a prison nurse and correctional officer during an escape attempt last month. Station WHO-TV reports that Michael Dutcher and Thomas…

Ground was broken Monday (4/26) on the first part of a new 911 communications system for Mahaska County.  A radio tower will be built at the County’s shop in New Sharon.  Mahaska County EMA 911…

Miranda Lambert returned to the stage this weekend with shows at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, and it certainly was an emotional experience. The shows were her first since COVID lockdowns shut down…

By JAKE COYLE AP - Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the…

A Wapello County resident is among 23 deaths from coronavirus reported over the weekend.  The Iowa Department of Public Health says this brings the state’s death total from the pandemic to 5927.  There have also…

BY MATT KELLEY You may know the song that includes the line, “Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch,” but most Iowans have never tasted or even seen the fruit from trees that once thrived in…