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Mexico braces for new caravan of Central American migrants
Mar 29, 2019 by Rick Watts
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is bracing for the possible arrival of the “mother of all caravans,” even as doubts arise over whether the group of Central American migrants will be all that big. Interior…
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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Returns With Gary Clark, Jr., Bonnie Raitt
Mar 28, 2019 by Rick Watts
ROLLING STONE - Eric Clapton and his Crossroads Guitar Festival will return for the first time in six years, setting up in Dallas, Texas this September with a lineup that boasts Gary Clark, Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Beck,…
Maple Syrup Festival Saturday in Oskaloosa
Mar 28, 2019 by Rick Watts
The Environmental Learning Center in Oskaloosa will hold its annual Maple Syrup Festival Saturday morning (3/30). Mahaska County Conservation Board naturalist Laura DeCook talks about the festival. "I will give a presentation about the process…
Federal legalization of hemp creates quandary for US police
Mar 28, 2019 by Rick Watts
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many see…
Bahena Rivera murder trial moved to Sioux City
Mar 28, 2019 by Rick Watts
A Mexican national charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts will have his trial moved from Poweshiek County to Woodbury County in northwest Iowa. A judge on Wednesday (3/27)…
Statesmen baseball lose home opener
Mar 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
William Penn’s baseball team let one get away Tuesday (3/26), as Clarke rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Statesmen 6-4 in Oskaloosa. Clarke hit three home runs in the in…
Frontman For The English Beat, Ranking Roger, Dead at 56
Mar 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
Roger Charlery, best known as Ranking Roger, singer of the widely influential U.K. group The Beat — known as The English Beat in the U.S. — died Tuesday afternoon, at 56. The singer was diagnosed…
No Immunity for Vanhemert, Trial to Commence on April 9
Mar 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
Judge Lucy Gamon has denied Luke Vanhemert's claim of immunity from prosecution under Iowa's "Stand Your Ground Law". In overruling the Defendant's Motion to Force Immunity, Judge Gamon distinguished the Iowa law from a similar…
Backlash, questions follow dismissal of Jussie Smollett case
Mar 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The “Empire” star still says he was assaulted by…
Osky boys track season starts
Mar 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
The Oskaloosa High boys’ track team opened its season Tuesday (3/26) with a new school record. The Indians took on Albia, Centerville and Chariton at Statesmen Community Stadium. Oskaloosa’s sprint medley relay team of Casey…
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