NEWS

There was a baseball game and a roller coaster ride Tuesday (6/18) night at Oskaloosa High School.  Knoxville jumped out to a 6-0 lead after an inning and a half.  Then the Indians got a…

by edward morris  CMT - The Tin Roof saloon, just off Nashville’s Music Row, has the quaint charm of an underground coal mine. It’s long, claustrophobically narrow and darker than a security guard’s scowl. But had…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATT ROURKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia’s port in what they described as one of the largest drug…

An Oskaloosa woman who’s getting a new trial for killing her daughter wants her previous statements kept out of the new trial.  You’ll remember Alicia Ritenour was convicted in 2014 of killing her 17-month-old daughter,…

Attorneys for the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts want his next court date to be postponed.  On Tuesday (6/18), Cristhian Behena Rivera’s attorneys asked that a June 25th court date be postponed so they could…

Oskaloosa’s baseball team won its fifth in a row Monday night (6/17), defeating Pella Christian 8-2 in Pella.  The Indians’ first five batters in the first inning reached base, with four of them scoring.  Wyatt…

By MESFIN FEKADU NEW YORK (AP) — Since Shania Twain launched her first residency in Las Vegas seven years ago, Sin City has been invaded with contemporary pop stars, from Lady Gaga to Drake to…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says floodwaters from the Midwest are severely hurting people who make their living from coastal seafood, so he’s asking the federal government to declare a fisheries…

An Oskaloosa man is accused of sharing x-rated pictures of teenage girls on social media.  Albia Police and the Division of Criminal Investigation arrested 30-year-old Andrew James Richardson last week. Albia Police were told that…

The Mahaska County Board has hired an Economic Development Director.  At Monday’s (6/17) regular Board meeting, the Board voted to hire Tom Flaherty to the position.  Mahaska County Board Chairman Mark Groenendyk talks about the…