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Grinnell College says it will cancel football and other fall sports because of concerns about the coronavirus. The Division III school announced Monday (6/29) it would cancel sports including football, soccer, golf, cross country and…

By The Associated Press How risky is flying during the coronavirus pandemic? Flying can increase your risk of exposure to infection, but airlines are taking some precautions and you can too. Air travel means spending…

By DAVID PITT Des Moines - AP - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday signed into law a bill that requires women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, trying again to institute a…

What Cheer is gearing up for the 155th Celebration this coming Friday (7/3) and Saturday (7/4).  Jan Dugger with the What Cheer Area Community Club says the celebration will be at the Keokuk County Fairgrounds. "We…

For the first time in 69 years, there will not be a Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant.    Terry McWilliams, the Reunion’s C-E-O and administrator, says the health implications of holding the Reunion could…

Apparently Carrie Underwood has a celebrity doppelganger, and she’s perfectly okay with it. Over the weekend, Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon tweeted that she was actually mistaken for the country star, sharing, “To the woman in…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a…

By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: The officials of the Southern Iowa Speedway have announced that kids under fifteen will be admitted FREE to the Grandstands on Wednesday, July 1st. In addition, Sprint Car Driver, Jonathan…

A Wapello County resident died from coronavirus over the weekend.  The Iowa Department of Public Health says there were just three deaths reported in the state this weekend for a pandemic total of 704. There…

Pella will have a new police chief next month.  Shane McSheehy was hired last week to succeed Chief Robert Bokinsky, who stepped down earlier this spring.  McSheehy recently retired after nearly 24 years with the…