NEWS

Oskaloosa School Board met Monday and voted to change insurance coverage to a new pool. The board accepted Arthur J. Gallagher and the Iowa Public School Insurance Program for property and casualty coverage. The school…

The Mahaska County Community Foundation (MCCF) is pleased to announce its 2015 round of grant awards. The total amount distributed was just over $92,000 and benefitted 21 different projects throughout Mahaska County. Once again, the…

Only one week after their debut album "Southernality" was released, A Thousand Horses' first single "Smoke" has officially been RIAA-Certified Gold. The guys also learned last week they will be making their late-night television debut…

Erik Jones traveled 765 motorsports miles to get a sweep of NASCAR’s two featured races this weekend. After winning Friday’s American Ethanol 200 in the Camping World Truck Series at Iowa Speedway, Jones journeyed some…

The Oskaloosa summer sports season continues to be an exciting one, as the rain shortened Indian Softball Classic showed us on Saturday. The event, which brought 16 schools to the Lacey Recreation Complex, was eventually…

Authorities have announced a series of drug raids in Ottumwa that took place early Saturday morning. The raids came at about 6 a.m. and involved local, state and federal authorities. The target was what authorities…

MidAmerican Energy Company is warning business owners and the public of a phone scam targeting utility customers in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Several Oskaloosa customers have reported receiving a scam call from someone pretending to be a…

Mahaska County Judge Annette Scieszinski handed down the sentence today for Jessica Dawn Strasser, who has been convicted of theft in the first degree. After several continuance rulings, today Strasser was sentenced to no more…

Little Big Town just announced that all of their shows through July 30th will be cancelled or rescheduled due to Jimi Westbrook undergoing vocal surgery next week. Doctors have ordered him to rest his voice…

After the long green flag run that ended the night, Richie Gustin drove home from Thursday’s IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature at Lee County Speedway with the biggest share of the green. Gustin was scored…