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Iowa Republican legislators and the governor prohibited mask mandates in schools for purely political reasons to appease complaining constituents, a lawyer representing a mother and her sons argued Thursday. “The popularity of the governor and…

There could be a new lead in the disappearance of Xavior Harrelson.  He’s the 11-year-old boy from Montezuma who disappeared May 27 near his home.  Mitch Mortvedt is with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.…

9/11 is a sad day in American history.  Especially to those who lost a family member in the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. …

A former Albia High School soccer coach has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor.  The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 36-year-old Aaron Koester was arrested last Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana and extradited…

One man is in custody…accused of stabbing an Ottumwa man to death.  Ottumwa Police were called just before 10 Friday night (9/3) to a reported stabbing at the Stardust Motel.  43-year-old Joshua David Barnhill of…

There’s going to be live music in downtown Oskaloosa Saturday night (9/4).  The sixth annual Concert on the Square is a free event featuring Christian music.  Wyndell Campbell is on the planning committee for Concert…

A man’s body was found in a lagoon near Beach Ottumwa.  Ottumwa Police were called around 1pm Wednesday (9/1) when the caller saw the man’s body floating in the water.  Police say the man had…

Oskaloosa Christian School is celebrating a birthday this weekend. "We are celebrating our 75th year of operation.  We started in 1946. Technically, our 75th year was last year.  But due to the circumstances that were…

Life in prison with no possibility of parole.  That sentence was handed down Monday (8/30) to Cristhian Bahena Rivera for stabbing Mollie Tibbetts to death.  In May, a jury found Bahena Rivera guilty of first…

Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be sentenced Monday afternoon (8/30) for killing Mollie Tibbetts.  In May, a jury in Scott County found the 27-year-old Bahena Rivers guilty of first degree murder in the July 2018 death…