NEWS

By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift the seafood business farther north. China, a huge and growing customer…

By: Grant Gerlock, Iowa Public Radio The man who admitted to stabbing and killing Iowa State University golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was sentenced to life in prison without parole today. Collin Richards pleaded guilty to the…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republican Congressman Steve King today said he wishes he had phrased a recent statement about abortion differently, but he said the statement “was objectively honest and accurate.” Last week, King told a…

He doesn’t want a speedy trial.  A Poweshiek County Judge Friday (8/23) accepted Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s waiver of his right to a speedy trial for murder in the death last year of Mollie Tibbetts.  A…

By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — A woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S.…

It’s opening night for some eight-man high school football teams in the area.  Friday night’s (8/23) schedule has Montezuma at Southeast Warren and Twin Cedars hosts English Valleys. Meanwhile, other high school football teams will…

Ottumwa’s mayor is doing double duty.  At a special city council meeting Friday (8/23), Ottumwa Mayor Tom Lazio was appointed interim city administrator.  This after city administrator Andy Morris turned in a letter of resignation…

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds was in Sigourney Thursday (8/22) to visit Lake Belva Deer State Park.  She says her visit was in advance of next year being the 100th anniversary of the State Park System.  Reynolds…

Dolly Parton will be the subject of a new documentary for the BBC. “Dolly’s Country,” set to air on BBC Two this fall, seeks to show a different side of the country star, noting one…

There was a peaceful protest outside of an Oskaloosa business Thursday (8/22).  The Tri-State Workers Coalition is unhappy with the safety practices and record of Bridge City Construction of Ottumwa, a contractor that has been hired…