A hearing will be held Wednesday (3/27) in Montezuma on whether Christian Bahena Rivera’s first degree murder trial will be moved. Bahena Rivera is accused of killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts of Brooklyn last July. His…
The second trial of an Oskaloosa, Iowa, mother convicted of killing her daughter will stay in Mahaska County at least for now.. Alicia Ritenour is accused of killing her 17-month-old daughter, Ava, in January 2014.…
Alicia Ritenour’s re-trial for murdering her 17-month-old daughter will still take place in Mahaska County—at least for now. Ritenour is accused of killing her daughter, Ava, in January 2014. She was found guilty at her…
Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa Thursday (3/21) for a tour of the No Coast Brewery. While there, she sampled some of their products and talked about an issue affecting No Coast: the Craft…
An Oskaloosa man accused of stabbing a William Penn University basketball player to death now says he should be immune from prosecution because of Iowa’s Stand Your Ground law. 24-year-old Luke Van Hemert is charged…
The USDA Farm Service office in Sigourney has been dealing with flooding and a sewer backup in their office. A combination of sewage and storm water affected the building’s wiring and filing cabinets. Amy Krapfl, the…
At a special meeting Tuesday (3/19), the Mahaska County Board voted to send a letter to the Iowa Department of Transportation asking that a bypass be built from Highway 63 north of Oskaloosa to Highway…
Wapello County law enforcement is looking for a suspect in connection with a shooting Sunday morning (3/17) that injured a man. Shortly after 6am, a man had come to the Ottumwa Regional Health Care Emergency…
There is still a flood warning for the North Skunk River near Sigourney. As of early Monday morning (3/18), the North Skunk was measured at 18.77 feet. Flood stage is 16 feet. The National Weather…
While there’s no longer a flood watch, there is still some high water in the area. The North Skunk River near Sigourney is at just over 20 and a half feet….about half a foot below…