LOCAL NEWS

OSKALOOSA -- The Penn Centre Theatre in Oskaloosa, Iowa, will be closing on Thursday, April 4, as construction continues on the downtown Musco Lighting campus expansion. Construction is progressing on schedule for the new Trio…

OSKALOOSA -- The deadline to submit nomination papers for the vacancy on the Oskaloosa City Council is one week from today. In February, the city of Oskaloosa announced that they had accepted the resignation of…

OTTUMWA -- Firefighters had to contend with two fires on the evening of Tuesday, February 27, 2024. The first fire was just after 8:00 p.m. for a large area fire near Gray Eagle Wildlife Reserve,…

WAPELLO COUNTY -- Authorities in Wapello County extracted a vehicle that was submerged in the Des Moines River yesterday, and the incident is now under investigation. On February 26, an individual called the Sheriff’s Office…

OSKALOOSA -- Oskaloosa Main Street’s Art on the Square, hosted in Downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa is just around the corner! One of Iowa’s longest-running art festivals, Art on the Square has been marked as an annual…

By Sam Parsons A red flag warning is in effect for our area today. The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued a red flag warning for all of central Iowa, which is in effect…

OSKALOOSA -- The Mahaska Chamber & Development Group’s Tourism Committee is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Explore Mahaska County guide. Inside the guide, readers from all over will discover five feature stories…

OTTUMWA -- On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, officers from the Southeast Iowa Inter-Agency Drug Task Force, Ottumwa Police Department’s Emergency Response Team, and the Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Narcotics Enforcement, executed a…

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Iowa River Wildlife Unit, and by the U.S. Fish and…

OSKALOOSA, IOWA – Oskaloosa Elementary School welcomed Governor Kim Reynolds for a Regional Education Roundtable on Monday, February 19. Students, teachers, and leadership from the Oskaloosa Community Schools welcomed the governor as she conferenced with…