A year after the Parkland massacre, 17 victims are being remembered
Feb 14, 2019
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre a year ago renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims’ parents and surviving students into political activists and at least temporarily ended the…
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Winds pickup, wind chills drop Thursday; more snow by Sunday
Feb 14, 2019
Wind speeds increase and temperatures drop along with chances of a rain/snow mix on Thursday. Thursday starts out in the 30's, but temperatures drop and winds pick up for the evening commute. As this cold…
Man arrested for stealing trucks
Feb 14, 2019
A man from Burlington was arrested in Eddyville for stealing two trucks from a construction site on consecutive days. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office was told just before 8am Wednesday (2/13) that a utility truck…
Texas deputies find 4 malnourished kids, 2 living in dog kennels
Feb 13, 2019
Deputies on Tuesday discovered two malnourished children crammed into a locked dog cage and two more smeared with feces and urine in a barn in North Texas, in what a sheriff described as the worst…
Iowa House approves 2{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} education funding increase
Feb 13, 2019
The Iowa House has approved an education funding measure that provides a 2 percent increase in state per-pupil funding for the budget year beginning in July. The bill approved Monday night (2/11) would boost per-pupil…
Kelsie Thomas trial starts in September
Feb 13, 2019
An Ottumwa woman accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter will go on trial in September. Twenty-two-year-old Kelsie Thomas will stand trial for first degree murder September 10 in Ottumwa. Thomas is accused of killing 5-year-old…
Kacey Musgraves, Katy Perry, Little Big Town and More Honor Dolly Parton
Feb 13, 2019
Dolly Parton got a Grammy show all her own when she was named MusiCares’ Person of the Year on Friday (Feb. 8) in Los Angeles. As the first country artist to receive the award, Parton…
Oskaloosa High bowling honors
Feb 12, 2019
Oskaloosa’s Dylan Van Wyk was a unanimous first team choice on the Two Rivers Bowling Conference all-conference first team. Van Wyk is joined on the all-conference first team by teammates Jared Smith and Colton Stout,…
US job openings jump to record high of 7.3 million
Feb 12, 2019
U.S. employers posted the most open jobs in December in the nearly two decades that records have been kept, evidence that the job market is strong despite several challenges facing the economy. The Labor Department…
Oskaloosa superintendent Wright spoke at Eggs & Issues meeting
Feb 12, 2019
Oskaloosa High School will have a new setup for the school day starting next fall. At last week’s School Board meeting, a new schedule was put in place. Oskaloosa Superintendent Paula Wright says students will…