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OSKALOOSA, IOWA — Oskaloosa High School students are tackling real-world business problems through the school’s Innovation Workshop, a hands-on program that partners students with local businesses to find creative solutions to operational challenges. Fifteen students…

Last year, Jelly Roll ran...OK, walked...his first-ever 5K run. For a man that was over 500 pounds at his heaviest, that is a huge accomplishment. Get ready for Round 2! Jelly jumped on Instagram yesterday to not only announce…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change take…

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The rumbling sound of snowblowers at work was rare in January. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says there just wasn’t much snow anywhere. “We’re in a snow drought across the state,…

By Sam Parsons The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met this morning and approved the final plans for the first phase of the southeast connector project. The project would create a connection between Highway 63…

NEWTON -- On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 7:07 p.m., Newton Police responded to reports of gunfire during a road rage incident on Interstate 80. Investigators determined that the driver of a blue Peterbilt semi…

Lainey Wilson's set to bring her "Whirlwind" tour to fans everywhere. With a clever video resembling a weather report, the singer said "Ya'll know the crazy winds that have been whippin' up in Europe? Well,…

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Phil was welcomed…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) A five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos easily passed the Iowa House yesterday, but Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair suggests its chances in the Senate are far different. “Honestly,…

OSKALOOSA -- Learn to unleash the magic of vermicomposting and join Mahaska County Extension on Tuesday February 11 at 7:00 PM for a workshop led by Shannon Rabotski, ISU Extension and Outreach-Mahaska County Youth Coordinator (CYC). The…