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Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company…
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Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report

DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally,…
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North Mahaska Boys Host SICL West Tournament

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska hosted the South Iowa Cedar League boys golf tournament at Prairie Knolls Golf Course on Monday with six teams participating. HLV carded a 331 to outdistance second place BGM with…
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Taking Fast Action: Oskaloosa High Schooler's Leadership Response Averts Tragedy

OSKALOOSA, IOWA — Amidst the cheers and competition of a track and field event at East Marshall High School, the spotlight unexpectedly shifted to an Oskaloosa student-athlete, whose quick actions, training and composure left spectators in…
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Alice Cooper Adds U.S. Dates To Too Close For Comfort Tour

Rock legend Alice Cooper has added more dates to his Too Close For Comfort Tour. Twelve new U.S. shows have been added for this Summer. The Summer 2024 U.S. headlining tour will kick off on…
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North Mahaska Girls, Boys Run at BGM

BROOKLYN – North Mahaska’s track teams took to the oval at Brooklyn Friday. The girls placed third in Class A with 81 points behind BCLUW with 137 and East Marshall with 111. The boys scored…
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Oregon lodge famously featured in 'The Shining' will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's historic Timberline Lodge, which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage. The lodge said…
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Taxes, teacher pay, AEA changes top issues of ’24 Iowa legislature

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Lawmakers sent the governor a bill to cut Iowans’ income taxes by a billion dollars next year, they set up the framework for an $8.9 billion state budget and…
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3 Arrested for ATM Theft Attempt

OTTUMWA -- The Ottumwa Police Department made 3 arrests on Saturday after a reported theft attempt. On Friday, April 19, 2024, at approximately 5:43 a.m., the Ottumwa Police Department received a report of someone trying…
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Bitcoin's next 'halving' is right around the corner. Here's what you need to know

NEW YORK (AP) — Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production…
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