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Saturday morning the Smokey Row Coffee House was abuzz as the audience asked the panel a series of questions concerning a collective bargaining bill known as Chapter 20.   The bill, which consists of 70…

The Oskaloosa Indians boys’ basketball team is having a renaissance year under third year head coach Ryan Parker and the team has been rewarded as a host site for the first two rounds of district…

According to reports, Prince's music will return to the majority of streaming services this weekend. In 2015, Prince had pulled all of his music from streaming services, except for Tidal. But the Financial Times say…

OFFBEAT NEWS: A Man Is Trying To Sell A Giant Piece Of Cereal For $1,250 A man may have lucked into $1,250 thanks to his cereal choice. Englishman Steven Marriott was pouring his son a…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials have confirmed that the state has stopped servicing or tracking the more than 700 self-help computer kiosks installed to replace dozens of unemployment offices closed in 2011 as…

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler just made a huge contribution to his charity. Tyler put his 2012 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder up for auction to help raise money for Janie’s Fund. Janie's Fund is a philanthropic initiative created…

OFFBEAT NEWS: Mayor Invites His Constituents To Join Him In The Sauna The deputy mayor of Vienna, Austria wants his constituents to strip down and speak up. Gerhard Kroiss is looking to improve a sauna…

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — A 46-year-old man has admitted being drunk when his truck slammed into the back of a car, killing a passenger in the car. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/2k75K93) that William…

Cheap Trick is quickly following up their 2016 release Bang, Zoom, Crazy...Hello. “We’ve been in the studio working on a new album,” Cheap Trick confirmed today on Twitter. They “hope to have [this as-yet untitled project]…

OFFBEAT NEWS: Baby Born During The Super Bowl Named After Tom Brady According to Plymouth, Massachusetts couple Sean and Colleen Gaffney, their newborn son helped the Patriots win the Super Bowl. In case you missed…