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By KATHLEEN FOODY, ALLEN G. BREED and P. SOLOMON BANDA DENVER (AP) — Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson’s day. She would cry most mornings…

Oskaloosa High’s girls’ track team finished fourth at a meet at Bondurant-Farrar Monday (4/15).  The Indians’ Emma Kelderman won two events: the high jump and 400 meter hurdles, while Faith DeRonde won the discus.  Pella…

An assault case against an Oskaloosa Police officer has been dismissed.  Janay Pritchett had been charged with harassment, domestic abuse assault and displaying or using a weapon.  According to court records, Pritchett allegedly kicked her…

Guilty of second degree murder.  That’s the finding a Mahaska County jury reached Monday afternoon (4/15) in Luke Van Hemert’s murder trial.  The jury of nine women and three men deliberated for about an hour…

Rolling Stone -  Journey has taken much of 2019 off so everyone in the group can focus on solo endeavors. That ends in October when the band heads to Las Vegas for a nine-show residency at the…

AP - Strong storms, including at least one tornado, swept through parts of the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic region, damaging homes and businesses and causing injuries after storms in the South killed at least eight…

Knoxville Police continue to investigate the death of a 15-year-old boy Friday night (4/12).  Shortly after 10pm, Police received a call about an unresponsive 15-year-old.  The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.  The cause…

Racing fans planning to go to Knoxville Raceway Saturday night (4/13) will have to make other plans.  The Saturday races have been cancelled because of snow showers to the north and cold temperatures in Knoxville…

A woman from Sigourney is facing two counts of child endangerment after allegedly letting her 4-year-old child leave her home.  Rozilynn Gay is charged in connection with two incidents.  In the first, on March 6,…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration asked an appeals court Friday to let it continue returning asylum seekers to Mexico, hours before a U.S. judge’s order was set to go into effect blocking the…