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Oskaloosa’s girls’ basketball season opened their season with a win Tuesday (11/26).  Macie Krier made a three pointer with 16 seconds to play, then Amanda Fay made two free throws with eight point six seconds…

By JEFF BAENEN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and DAVID KOENIG MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm packing heavy, blinding snow and fierce winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper…

The day after Thanksgiving has come to be known as Black Friday, when stores and malls are filled with shoppers looking for bargains.  In Oskaloosa, though, Friday (11/29) will be called Plaid Friday.  April Gorski,…

A Grinnell man is going to prison for over 20 years for receiving child pornography.  43-year-old John Allen Urfer was sentenced Tuesday (11/26) to 260 months in prison plus another 20 years of supervised release…

A K-9 officer’s sense of smell has led to two Ottumwa men being arrested for dealing meth.  In October, Wapello County Sheriff’s Deputy Seth Hobbs and his K-9 Luna were on patrol in a rural…

Dierks Bentley is looking forward to Thanksgiving this week, and there must be at least one thing on his table to make it a real Thanksgiving. “You gotta have a big turkey,” he tells Sounds…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Which Thanksgiving turkey will earn a presidential pardon? Will it be Bread or Butter? The White House is sponsoring an online contest to help President Donald Trump as he…

Montezuma opens its girls basketball season Tuesday night (11/26) at Pella Christian.  The Bravettes are ranked number one in the Class 1A preseason rankings from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.  Was Montezuma senior…

Massachusetts US Senator Elizabeth Warren brings her Presidential campaign to Knoxville Tuesday (11/26).  The Democrat will hold a community meeting at 2pm Tuesday at 107 West Main Street in Knoxville.

One man is dead and another is hospitalized after a one vehicle crash Monday (11/25) in Eddyville.  The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup driven by 29-year-old Jacob Ross of Eddyville was eastbound on 160th Street…