NEWS

William Penn’s baseball team wrapped up the Heart of America Conference regular season title Sunday (4/28) with a 15-14 win over Grand View.  Jarrett Hunt had four hits and three runs batted in for the…

It was a successful weekend for local athletes at the Drake Relays.  Tyson Vander Linden of Lynnville-Sully was second in the boys’ 400 meter hurdles and sixth in the 100 meters.  Kalen Walker of EBF…

By AMY TAXIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER POWAY, Calif. (AP) — Eight-year-old Noya Dahan had finished praying and gone to play with other children at her Southern California synagogue when gunshots rang out. Her uncle grabbed…

Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst is back in Washington after the Easter recess.  She spent Friday afternoon (4/26) in Sigourney, touring Atwood Electric’s facility.  Ernst says the first order of business will be to pass…

As part of the celebrations marking 50 years of the late David Bowie's music career, Parlophone will release a previously unreleased set of Bowie recordings known as The "Mercury" Demos on June 28. The "Mercury"…

Here are Friday's (4/26) results from the Drake Relays, Tyson Vander Linden of Lynnville-Sully has qualified for the finals of the boys’ 100 meters.  Tyson’s time was 11 seconds.  Kalen Walker of EBF was 15th and…

After several near misses in the early going this season, Zack VanderBeek finally found the road to victory lane and garnered his 48th career USMTS win at the 81 Speedway on Thursday night. The 34-year-old…

Two top ten finishes for Oskaloosa Thursday (4/25) at the Drake Relays.  The Indians’ Sophia Dykstra was sixth in the discus with a throw of 132 feet, 3 inches, and Faith DeRonde was ninth with…

Eric Clapton will play a limited run of solo concerts on the West Coast this fall in the run-up to his Crossroads Guitar Festival. Tickets for the September shows in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Phoenix…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarantine at two Los Angeles universities affected more than 200 students and staff who may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or…