NEWS

PELLA -- Central College welcomes the public to the Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in Douwstra Auditorium on Central's campus. A public concert will conclude the two-day Intercollegiate Honor Band…

Chris and Morgane Stapleton are the latest to dig deep to help out those suffering as a result of the California wildfires. "Outlaw State Of Kind" is an organization started up by the Stapletons in 2016, and in its almost ten…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.…

DES MOINES -- The price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 6 cents, averaging $2.95 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas…

OSKALOOSA -- The Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary Board is excited to invite the community to the 8th Annual Share the Love Event! This year’s event will take place Saturday, February 8th, 2025, at Serenity House in…

OTTUMWA -- The Ottumwa Fire Department was dispatched shortly after 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, to a structure fire in the 500 block of Church Street. Crews arrived to find smoke in the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With…

Dolly Parton's life story set to music, the stage production "Dolly: An Original Musical," will have its world premiere in Nashville this summer, before making its way to Broadway in 2026. The autobiographical play will have a limited…

DES MOINES -- Ice conditions at many Iowa lakes have been changing quickly over the past few days. Those changes are only likely to accelerate with the warm weather forecast for the next week.. This…

PELLA -- Central RED Society offers an impressive schedule of programs for this spring that are open to the public. Details about each event are available at central.edu/red. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Jim Hibma will present…