As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner
Apr 22, 2020
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP - An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog…
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Thomas' second murder trial to start in August
Apr 22, 2020
An Ottumwa woman accused of killing her daughter will go on trial again in August. Kelsie Thomas is accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter in July 2018. Thomas stood trial earlier this year, but last…
Todd Rundgren Reschedules Spring Tour Dates
Apr 22, 2020
Todd Rundgren has rescheduled his spring tour of the U.S. because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. New dates will be announced soon. "Well, I guess it must be pretty obvious that we won't be out…
US OKs 1st coronavirus test that allows self-swab at home
Apr 21, 2020
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options…
Scammers pretending to be an Oskaloosa business
Apr 21, 2020
It appears some scam artists aren’t following the social distancing recommendation. Oskaloosa City Councilman Steve Burnett mentioned this at Monday’s (4/20) City Council meeting: "We got a call today from the (Mahaska) County Sheriff's Department…
Graham Nash Recalls Meeting Stephen Stills
Apr 21, 2020
In a recent interview with Uncle Joe Benson on the "Ultimate Classic Rock Nights" radio show, Graham Nash shared the origin story of the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash shared that he became…
Spring sports cancelled in Iowa
Apr 20, 2020
BY TODD KIMM Following Friday’s recommendations to keep Iowa schools closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year due to the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), all spring activities of the Iowa Girls High School…
Hartley Named New Women’s Soccer Coach at Penn
Apr 20, 2020
Oskaloosa--William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule is proud to announce the hiring of Jack Hartley as the University's new Head Women's Soccer Coach. Hartley, who is the eighth coach in the program’s history, comes to…
Young climate activists slowed by pandemic, but not defeated
Apr 20, 2020
By MARTHA IRVINE and CHRISTINA LARSON AP - Jamie Margolin had not expected to be sitting in her bedroom right now. The high school senior had prom and graduation coming up, but so much more:…
Mahaska County resident dies from coronavirus
Apr 20, 2020
A Mahaska County resident has died from coronavirus. A statement from Mahaska County Public Health says the person was aged between 41 and 60 and was hospitalized outside Mahaska County. This is the first Mahaska…