Walmart cutting greeters from workforce
Feb 26, 2019
Walmart is cutting greeters from its workforce, and some workers with disabilities say the company is targeting them. More than a thousand store locations are making the switch to customer hosts instead of greeters. This…
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Oskaloosa's boys are going back to state
Feb 26, 2019
The Oskaloosa Indians are headed back to the 3A Boys State Basketball Tournament with a 16-5 record. This will be their second straight year after beating Fairfield 58-37 in the 3A Substate final last night.…
William Penn's women's basketball honors
Feb 26, 2019
William Penn’s women’s basketball team has earned several honors from the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Senior Vashti Nwagbaraocha is the league’s player of the year and a first team All-Conference choice for the second…
Public meeting tonight about Oskaloosa Street corridor
Feb 26, 2019
There’s going to be a public meeting tonight (2/26) in Pella about the Oskaloosa Street corridor. City officials want to hear your ideas on what Oskaloosa Street should look like, what kind of businesses should…
Todd Milsap, son of country music star Ronnie Milsap, dies
Feb 25, 2019
Todd Milsap, the son of country music star Ronnie Milsap, died on Saturday, according to Ronnie Milsap’s publicist. Todd Milsap died on Saturday at the Four Corners Marina on Percy Priest Lake in Antioch. Metro…
Cedar Rapids man in custody after leading police on manhunt near I-80, Mississippi River
Feb 25, 2019
Illinois State Police said it has arrested a 25-year-old man from Cedar Rapids who led authorities on a chase and manhunt Monday morning along I-80 and the Mississippi River. Authorities say Frank M. Scott is…
2 fires in Keokuk County early Friday morning
Feb 25, 2019
At 1:36 am Friday (2/22), firefighters in What Cheer got an alarm from a house fire at 506 South Park Avenue. "A single occupant. She had woke up to the smell of smoke and exited…
Oskaloosa boys play for state tournament berth
Feb 25, 2019
One win away from State. Oskaloosa’s boys’ high school basketball team takes on Fairfield tonight in Mount Pleasant in the Class 3A Substate 5 championship game. The Indians opened the season with a 42-40 win…
Montezuma boys advance to State
Feb 25, 2019
The 21st century is still young, but Montezuma’s boys’ basketball team may have pulled off the comeback of the century Saturday (2/23). The Braves trailed Grundy Center by 14 points at halftime of the boys’ Class…
Vandals in North Carolina set fire to Gen. Lee statue, but not the Confederate one
Feb 22, 2019
Vandals in Dunn, North Carolina, last week doused the marble statue of Gen. Lee with a flammable liquid and set it on fire. But if they think they targeted Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, they…