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By Sam Parsons The Pella City Council held a regular meeting last night and formally approved the next steps to build a new indoor recreation center. The rec center has been in the works for…

Rod Stewart has announced he will release his Ultimate Hits LP via Warner on June 27, a few days ahead of his performance on the Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury in front of 80,000 people. The…

COLFAX -- Winds were howling across the hills of the Colfax Country Club Monday as North Mahaska, BGM and Colfax-Mingo teed off in a triangular. The NM girls carded a 224 to outdistance BGM with…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday morning, sending boulders tumbling onto rural roadways outside San Diego, items rattling off shelves and elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park…

DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally,…

KNOXVILLE – North Mahaska’s shooting team traveled to Knoxville Saturday and came away with first place in varsity and third in junior varsity. Colton Vander Wiel and Caleb Hol were the top boy’s shooters while…

OTTUMWA -- The City of Ottumwa announced that the annual Make Ottumwa Shine litter cleanup event will take place from April 18-27, 2025. This event, which coincides with Earth Day, is a regular spring event…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion where he set a fire that left significant damage…

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Governor Kim Reynolds “was intending” to seek a third term as governor, but in the past couple of months she’s been weighing whether she could keep giving “100% to…

NEW SHARON – Despite chilly temperatures, a little rain and some wind, nearly two-thirds of the events at the Steve Ehret Relays fell by the wayside Thursday. In four of those events even the runnerup would…