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By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face…

Volleyball: Oskaloosa @ Newton 7pm  (KMZN AM & FM 6:45pm) Southeast Polk @ Ottumwa EBF @ Centerville South Tama @ Montezuma North Mahaska @ Tri-County Pella @ Norwalk Pella Christian @ Indianola Dallas Center-Grimes @ Grinnell Columbus @ Pekin Greene County @ PCM Wayne @ Albia…

A Wapello County resident has died from coronavirus.  As of late Tuesday morning (9/8), the pandemic total in Iowa from COVID-19 was 1173.  There have also been another 345 positive tests for COVID-19 for a…

A motorcyclist who struck a deer Monday night (9/7) east of Oskaloosa has died from his injuries.  The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Department says 62-year-old Wilber Junior Glasgow was riding westbound on Highway 92 shortly after…

Rolling Stones guitarist and founding member Keith Richards says the rock band will never retire. "I really can't imagine doing anything else," Richards said in an interview with Rolling Stone. "You might call it a…

In a recent interview on the BBC Radio 6 Music, Sir Elton John opened up about what the Troubadour nightclub means to him and also shared his efforts to support the venue as the world…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit surged in July to $63.6 billion, the highest level in 12 years, as imports jumped by a record amount. The Commerce Department reported that the…

The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont football team will not play Friday night (9/4) at Sigourney-Keota.  The EBF School District announced Wednesday that all extracurricular activities are cancelled for the rest of the week.  You’ll remember that on Tuesday,…

BY DAR DANIELSON Linn County was the first to be approved for individual federal disaster assistance after the derecho. FEMA spokesman John Mills says they’ve already been able to process several claims. “FEMA has already approved…

Labor Day weekend is coming up.  This is traditionally the last big travel weekend of the summer.  Mark Peterson of Triple-A Iowa says traveling will be easier on your wallet than it was a year…