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The Iowa House has passed a wide ranging bill that would escalate penalties for protests that damage property and provide police with new liability protection from lawsuits. Fifty-five Republicans and eight Democrats voted for the…

Reba McEntire is the latest artist to push her tour to 2022 due to the pandemic. Her “Reba: Live In Concert” will now kick off January 13th in Evansville, Indiana. “We’ve waited as long as…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the…

Oskaloosa Police arrested a man Tuesday (4/13) who was wanted on several warrants.  42-year-old Elijah John Utterback was taken into custody just before noon in a house in the 300 block of 1st Avenue East.  The…

Oskaloosa school students will still have to wear masks for the rest of the school year, but the School Board has relaxed some coronavirus-related restrictions.  At Tuesday’s (4/13) Oskaloosa School Board meeting, the Board approved…

BY DAR DANIELSON A south-central Iowa man will serve 27 years in prison on child pornography charges. Forty-nine-year-old Ryan Ford of Centerville was sentenced in U.S. District Court for production of child pornography and receipt of…

The 56th Annual ACM Awards are just days away, and it sure sounds like fans can expect to see a whole host of great performances on the show, including exciting collaborations and world premieres. ACM…

Today in 1932, Loretta Lynn was born in Butcher Holly, Kentucky. She was the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1972 and landed in the Country Music…

By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. In a joint statement Tuesday,…

You might be seeing heavy smoke near the recycling center in Ottumwa Tuesday afternoon (4/13).  If weather permits, after 4pm, Ottumwa Fire, Wapello County Rural Fire, Wapello County Conservation and Wapello County Emergency Management will…