NEWS

All of Thursday’s (5/9) regional track and field meets were postponed and will be made up Friday (5/10).  Oskaloosa and Knoxville will be in a Class 3A qualifier at Dallas Center-Grimes, while Pella and Newton…

Being regular season champions of the Heart of America Conference didn’t help William Penn’s baseball team get into the NAIA national tournament.  Baker and Clarke got the two automatic conference berths in the 45 team…

By MATT O'BRIEN Amazon met with skepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant , along with brightly colored models of its Echo Dot speaker designed…

Mail carriers will be picking up more than letters on Saturday (5/11).  That’s when the 27th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive takes place.  The National Association of Letter Carriers is asking you to leave out…

Mollie Tibbetts would have turned 21 Wednesday (5/9).  You’ll remember she was murdered last July in her hometown of Brooklyn.  On Wednesday, Mollie’s friends and family turned out in Brooklyn to remember her and raise…

Thursday (5/9) is going to be a busy day in high school sports.  Regional track and field meets take place where boys and girls can qualify for the state track meet.  Oskaloosa and Knoxville will…

Alabama has added more shows to its current 50th Anniversary Tour. The latest additions include nearly 30 shows, hitting such cities as Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bangor, Maine, Tallahassee, Florida, and Ottawa. The shows feature a…

There’s going to be a public hearing Wednesday night (5/8) in Ottumwa about a proposal by Alliant Electric to raise your electric and natural gas rates.  Alliant has proposed raising the base rate for residential…

A student at Central College is accused of spending fake money at Pella’s Tulip Time Festival.  Pella Police say 20-year-old Skylar Carlson of Oregon, Illinois was arrested last Friday (5/3) and charged with forgery, money…

THOMAS RHETT flew four military moms to Florida to help him put together care packages for active-duty service members. They sat down for brunch and shared stories about what it's like to be a mother…