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The Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde's recent concert of Bob Dylan covers will premiere on the Veeps.com platform on December 26. The show, "Chrissie Hynde & Co. Sing Bob Dylan (and Other Songs)," was recorded earlier…

Presley Blommers scored 23 points as Oskaloosa’s girls’ defeated Mount Pleasant 62-41 Tuesday night in Oskaloosa.  The Indians have won two straight and are now 3-1 on the season.  Oskaloosa returns to Little Hawkeye Conference…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and…

Iowa Workforce Development is hosting a job fair in Newton on Thursday (12/9) and Friday (12/10) for the more than 700 employees of T-P-I Composites who will be out of work at the end of…

Deer hunters in rural Mahaska County found what is believed to be human remains.  Around 11:25am Tuesday (12/7), hunters found the remains in a wooded area near the 2700 block of Whitwell Avenue.  The preliminary…

The University of Florida posthumously awarded Tom Petty an honorary PhD in music on Friday. The rock artist was born in Gainesville, Florida, where the university is located. The university's board of trustees unanimously voted…

The Associated Press released its first boys high school basketball poll of the season on Monday (12/6). Defending 3A State champions Pella are ranked second in the poll behind Ballard.  Dallas Center-Grimes from the Little…

By AAMER MADHANI and DASHA LITVINOVA WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as…

Police in Des Moines say they've arrested a man suspected in a string of overnight arson fires involving half a dozen vehicles that also damaged at least two homes. Police say in a news release…

Traffic on Oskaloosa’s A Avenue and Market Street corridors downtown will be changed starting next year.  Monday night (12/6), the Oskaloosa City Council approved plans to convert those roadways to three lane roads—with one lane…