NEWS

Here's a rundown of all the area athletes who have qualified for this week's Class 2A state track meet. Starting with the girls: Qualifying from Pella Christian: Erica Nikkel in the 100, Mary Kate Bandstra…

The Oskaloosa Farmers Market opens for business Tuesday (5/21) in a new location with a new name.  The market will now be in the Penn Central Mall parking lot along A Avenue West, between KFC…

By MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include falling…

A doctor in Ottumwa has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison and fined $20,000 for illegally distributing a prescription painkiller in South Dakota.  Authorities say 47-year-old Troy Adolfson wrote prescriptions for about 1,400…

Randy Travis and his wife Mary visited “Today” to talk about his new memoir, “Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith and Braving the Storms of Life," which comes out today, and Mary…

Vince Gill is releasing a new album this summer. The singer is set to drop “Okie” on August 23rd, his first record since 2016’s “Down To My Last Bad Habit.” “I thought this was going…

A serious disease has been found in a dog coming from a Knoxville dog breeding facility.  A confirmed case of canine brucellosis originated in Double G Kennels.  The small dogs were recently sold at a…

With Governor Reynolds recently making a disaster declaration for Wapello County and four other counties, the Iowa Department of Revenue has granted an extension and suspension of penalties for anyone whose main residence or business…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL MELIA BALTIMORE (AP) — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools…

Luke Combs and girlfriend Nicole Hocking got engaged back in November, but so far they haven’t had time to make any plans for the big day. “We’re just crazy busy. Especially this year,” Luke tells “People.” “We just haven’t…