NEWS

North Mahaska schools were evacuated Tuesday afternoon (11/24) after a natural gas leak was reported at the Dollar General store a quarter mile away from the school.  Around 1:45pm, a utility company that was digging…

Grand Ole Opry member Hal Ketchum died Monday from complications from dementia. The singer-songwriter was 67. “With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last night at home due to complications…

By ZEKE MILLER, DAVID EGGERT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump…

BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Farmers took advantage of good weather last week to wrap up some of the remaining harvest work. The U.S.D.A. crop report out Monday shows only scattered cornfields remain to be…

Iowa surpassed 211,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2,200 deaths on Monday (11/23), and the state remains ranked third-highest in the nation for virus positivity rate. There were 1,661 new confirmed cases in the past 24…

An Ottumwa Police Officer has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested for domestic assault.  Officer Jordan Woodward was off duty when he was arrested November 19 for an incident that was reported…

Dan + Shay recently released two holiday tunes, “Take Me Home for Christmas" and "Christmas Isn't Christmas,” which may have fans thinking that there’s a holiday album in the works. But backstage at the “American…

By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The decision announced Monday…

Two teenagers have died after a car accident near Chariton. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened just after 5 p.m. Sunday (11/22) when a Jeep turning from Highway 34 onto a street struck…

Two people from Keokuk County and one from each of Mahaska, Wapello and Marion Counties have died from coronavirus over the weekend.  In all, 65 Iowans died from COVID-19 Saturday and Sunday (11/21 & 22),…