LOCAL NEWS

Sigourney is celebrating a birthday.  The city turns 175 years old on Friday (7/5), but the celebration is starting Wednesday night (7/3) and will be combined with Independence Day celebrations.  Julie Tremmel, a member of…

Democratic Presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar brought her campaign to Oskaloosa and Ottumwa Tuesday (7/2).  The Minnesota US Senator says one issue she wants to tackle is high prescription drug prices. Klobuchar says one way to…

Two people are dead after a pickup collided head-on with a semi Monday morning (7/1) near Rose Hill.  According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called around 10:15am to an accident on Highway…

A question about appropriate pay for Mahaska County employees got most of the attention at Monday’s (7/1) Mahaska County Board meeting.  The Board voted to hire a Davenport-based consulting firm to determine what County employees…

The body of a missing kayaker was found Monday afternoon (7/1).  Washington County law enforcement says 52-year-old David Woodson of Brighton was found around 4:40pm Monday.  He had been missing since Saturday evening (6/29) when…

Luke Van Hemert’s sentencing has been delayed.  The Oskaloosa man was convicted of second degree murder in April for the March 2018 death of William Penn University basketball player Marquis Todd.  Van Hemert’s sentencing was…

The Oskaloosa Community Development Foundation made a big donation to the Oskaloosa Kiwanis Club Monday (6/24).  The Foundation presented a check for over $40,000 to go toward the Kiwanis playground project at Edmundson Park.  The…

The trial for a Mexican national accused of first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts has been delayed.  25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will now face trial November 11 in Sioux City.…

Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  A man from rural Sigourney has now been charged with murder…accused of killing his girlfriend's four-month-old son.  A criminal complaint says 21-year-old…

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will be in Newton Thursday morning (6/20).  She and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg will attend the kickoff for Homes for Iowa at the Newton Correctional Facility.  Inmates at Newton will build…