NEWS'S BLOG

Pella Christian High School has qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award for the school year that just ended.  The award goes to Iowa schools that register at least 90 percent of eligible students to…

By TED ANTHONY The fraught, freighted number of this particular American moment is a round one brimming with zeroes: 100,000. A hundred thousands. A thousand hundreds. Five thousand score. More than 8,000 dozen. All dead.…

Play ball!  At Tuesday’s (5/26) special meeting, the Oskaloosa School Board voted to allow the baseball and softball seasons to go ahead.  Some Board members expressed concerns about coronavirus and their measure highly recommends that…

Paul McCartney recently paid tribute to late Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr in a series of emotional posts on Twitter. Kirchherr, who passed away on May 12 at the age of 81, was a "dear friend,"…

Checking the numbers, 464 Iowans have now died from coronavirus, with one new death in Mahaska County and one in Jasper County.  And 17,661 people have tested positive for COVID-19. Also, Crystal Heights Care Center…

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved an award that will help create 14 new jobs at Eddyville’s Cargill plant. Linda Crookham-Hansen presented the project to the board Friday (5/22). "Cargill in Monroe County,…

The Heart of America Athletic Conference will sponsor a women’s wrestling competition starting this fall.  Five teams: William Penn, Grand View, Baker, Central Methodist and Missouri Valley, have or will start women’s grappling programs.  The…

Four Mahaska County residents have died over the long weekend from coronavirus.  38 new cases have also been reported in the County, nearly doubling Mahaska County’s total for a pandemic total of 85.  Crystal Heights…

The life of Rock 'N Roll pioneer Buddy Holly is being brought to the silver screen by Bruce Beresford, the director of the Academy Award-winning film, "Driving Miss Daisy." The film, titled Clear Lake, was…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON The five candidates competing in the GOP Primary in Iowa’s 4th congressional district are quarreling about their conservative credentials and their ability to win the district in November. Incumbent Steve King, who’s…