NEWS

Oskaloosa High School will have a new setup for the school day starting next fall.  At last week’s School Board meeting, a new schedule was put in place.  Oskaloosa Superintendent Paula Wright says students will…

Another day, another set of postponed high school basketball games.  Oskaloosa boys’ basketball game Tuesday night (2/12) with Newton has been cancelled and will not be made up.  The Indians are scheduled to play Wednesday…

Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Vans, Mercedes and Ferrari are recalling about 1.7 million vehicles to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan. The inflators can hurl shrapnel into drivers…

Rian Yates made two free throws with 2-point-8 seconds to play to give Oskaloosa’s boys a 50-49 win at Pella Christian Thursday night (2/7).  The Indians had trailed Pella Christian by ten points late in…

The final Iowa girls high school basketball rankings for Class 1A were released Thursday (2/7): Montezuma is ranked 3rd, Lynnville-Sully 5th, North Mahaska is 11th and Sigourney enters the poll for the first time this season…

A Poweshiek County farmer has been injured in a suspected gas explosion that leveled his home.  The explosion happened just before 10am Thursday (2/7) on the 70-acre farm of Wayne Cheney, 13 miles southeast of…

Milwaukee police say an officer shot and killed on the city's south side was part of a unit that was conducting a search warrant on someone wanted for illegally selling firearms and drugs. Officer Matthew…

Wednesday (2/6) was signing day for high school seniors to sign national letters of intent to play football at the college of their choice.  While Division I football has an early signing period in December,…

The high school sports calendar took another hit Tuesday because of winter weather.  Oskaloosa’s boys’ and girls’ basketball doubleheader with Indianola was postponed.  Ottumwa’s boys’ and girls’ games with Urbandale that were postponed yesterday will…

One down and one to go.  The Wapello County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Ottumwa man in connection with the theft of a UTV over the weekend.  22-year-old Dallas Tapley was arrested Tuesday morning in…