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The Oskaloosa City Council will be dealing with traffic tonight (10/15).  At 5pm, they will study proposed safety improvements from the city’s 2018 traffic study…and then vote on which improvements to make at their regular…

International Space Station commander Alexander Gerst says he is grateful two astronauts are doing well after an exceedingly rare and harrowing launch abort ended their journey toward the orbiting laboratory.  Gerst, a European Space Agency…

Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  Ottumwa Police have arrested a man in connection with a weekend shooting.  24-year-old Michael James Williams of Ottumwa was arrested Monday afternoon…

William Penn’s men’s soccer team waited til almost the last minute yesterday (10/10) at Mount Mercy.  Amgad Hassan scored with a minute left in the second overtime to give the Statesmen a 2-1 victory.  Victor…

The Des Moines Register is reporting that Oskaloosa High basketball player Xavier Foster will take a recruiting visit to Iowa State this weekend.  The 6’11” Foster is considered one of the top players in the…

An all-star lineup of Gladys Knight, Ledisi, Donnie McClurkin, CeCe Winans and Mary Mary assembled at the American Music Awards Tuesday (Oct. 9) to pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin, with a medley that focused on…

Sometime Wednesday,  Hurricane Michael will come ashore on Florida’s Panhandle, bringing “potentially catastrophic” storm surge, winds and torrential rainfall that could make it one of the worst storms in Sunshine State history. It was upgraded…

William Penn’s volleyball team lost a five set match to Mount Mercy last night (10/9) at Penn Gymnasium.  Mount Mercy won the first set 25-22, the Statesmen took the next two 25-21 and 28-26, then…

Checking this week’s cross country rankings from the Iowa High School Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches: In Class 3A Boys, Grinnell is eighth and Pella tenth.  For 3A Girls, Pella is third and…

At a special meeting Tuesday, the Mahaska County Board invited Racom of Marshalltown to submit a bid for a new radio communications system for the County.  The Board also hired Freeman and Mazzitello as communications…