LOCAL NEWS

The Oskaloosa Community School District Board of Directors will have their first meeting of the new year next Tuesday, January 10th, at 7 PM. The meeting will take place in the George Daily Auditorium Board…

Absentee ballots for the February 7, 2017 Special School Bond Election are now available at the Davis County Auditor’s Office.  Voters may vote early at the Auditor’s Office in the Davis County Courthouse during the…

MAHASKA COUNTY – Thatcher Robert Poe was born at 1:07 pm on Jan. 1, 2017, making him Mahaska Health Partnership’s 2017 New Year’s Baby.   Thatcher weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz., and was 20 ½…

1000 Friends of Iowa Announces 2016 Best Development Award Winners   Dec. 27, 2016 (Des Moines, Iowa) –   1000 Friends of Iowa proudly announces nine recipients as its Best Development Award winners of 2016.…

On  December 31st, 2016 at approximately 7:29 a.m. the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the 5700 blk of Monroe-Wapello Rd reporting that a male had broken into the a residence and was…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new policy designed to allow farmers to take land out of a conservation program early if it is to be transferred to…

On Thursday, December 29th, 2016, at approximately 10:00 am, a technician working on a gas pump at the Kum N Go Store at 1201 North Market Street located a credit card skimming device while doing repair…

ALLISON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa man was fatally wounded when his wife's gun discharged while they were hunting on Christmas Eve. Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson says in a news release that…