NEWS

The Ottumwa City Council is no longer looking for an outside company to run the city’s airport.  At Tuesday’s (3/2) Ottumwa City Council meeting, the Council voted down bids from several companies to run the…

Midland is ready to share their origin story. The band will be the subject of a new documentary, “Midland: The Sonic Ranch,” which was shot as they were first coming together as a band, directed…

By SAMYA KULLAB BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately…

State Senator Ken Rozenboom of Oskaloosa has filed a bill that would deal with Iowa’s rising deer population.  During last Saturday’s (2/27) Eggs and Issues forum in Oskaloosa, Rozenboom noted the high deer populations in…

An Ottumwa man is accused of carrying a gun at an early childhood center.  On February 24, Ottumwa Police say they received a report of a man with a handgun at the Pickwick Early Childhood…

Turnout was light for Tuesday’s (3/2) special elections across the No Coast Network listening area.  In Oskaloosa, voters overwhelmingly approved raising the city’s hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent.  There were 157 votes…

Dolly Parton revealed last month that she hadn’t gotten her COVID vaccine yet - even though she is eligible because of her age. Of course, there's also that $1-million donation to Nashville’s Vanderbilt hospital to…

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray is set to testify for the first time since the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with lawmakers likely to press him on whether…

The Mahaska County Board has approved the property tax levy for the upcoming fiscal year 2022.  A 4.34 percent increase in general property taxes and a 6.83 percent increase on rural property taxes were approved…

A couple from Newton has been charged with child endangerment and neglect.  Back in November, Newton Police were called after a three-month-old was taken to the hospital with a broken arm. The hospital staff determined…