NEWS

The Oskaloosa School District will be offering meals this summer.  Beginning Wednesday, June 3, “grab n go” meals will be available at seven different locations to anyone under the age of 18.  For more information,…

Today (6/2) is Election Day in Iowa.  This primary election will be a bit different in Mahaska County because only two polling places are open: at the Environmental Learning Center on Highway 92 in Oskaloosa…

Alice Cooper is of the opinion that Johnny Depp should play him in a biopic about the rock singer's life and career. "If Johnny Depp were just better looking, he could play me," Cooper said…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Protesters broke into a Des Moines shopping mall late Sunday afternoon, looting stores that had closed early, including a Target. On Sunday night, a Davenport mall was vandalized. Early this morning, two…

By ASHRAF KHALIL, AARON MORRISON and JIM VERTUNO WASHINGTON (AP) — With cities wounded by days of violent unrest, America headed into a new week with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and shaken…

Another 17 Iowans have died from coronavirus over the weekend...for a pandemic total of 537 as of this morning.  One person from Mahaska County has died and one from Wapello County.  Also, 41 new cases…

He drove the wrong way on Highway 163 and crashed into a house.  A man from Fresno, California was killed early Saturday morning (5/30) in that accident.  The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office got a call…

The Doobie Brothers announced that their 50th Anniversary Tour has been postponed to next year due to the coronavirus. The decision was made with the health and safety of The Doobie Brothers' fans, crew and…

Roger Waters' concert film titled Us + Them will be digitally released on June 16. The film, documenting the Pink Floyd founder's acclaimed 2017-2018 tour, comes to 4K, HD and SD Digital. Viewers will have…

By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared…