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OFFBEAT NEWS: In the United States, people pay big bucks for plastic surgery treatments, but not in Brazil. There, such procedures are much cheaper - if not free - for residents. Why? Because they believe that…

OFFBEAT NEWS: Ladies-and some gents- you may want to ditch your leggings next time you get an MRI. Patients are being told to leave their yoga pants at home and switch in to cotton T-shirts or…

OFFBEAT NEWS A man in Wisconsin has broken his second Guinness World Record for eating his 30-thousandth McDonald’s Big Mac. Don Gorske has held the record since 2016 and has continued to hang on to…

OFFBEAT NEWS One of RuPaul’s drag queens is about to sashay-away into a country music career. Trixie Mattel is breaking barriers as she launches a career in country music.  And while being a country artist…

OFFBEAT NEWS: You know the saying, "when ya gotta go, ya gotta go." Turns out, that's not the case if you’re an Alaskan wood frog - then you hold it in until winter is over.…

OFFBEAT NEWS: A 7-Eleven in California is using a new method to get rid of loiterers by cranking classical music. Store-owner Sukhi Sandhu says its all part of a new non-confrontational method to reduce loitering…

Story Paula Wright Will Be Oskaloosa Community School District’s Next Superintendent The Oskaloosa Community School District Board of Education voted to offer a 3-year contract to Paula Wright who has served the last 11 years…

Oskaloosa Police Department   Media Release   May 2, 2018   On Tuesday May 1, 2018 the Oskaloosa Police arrested and charged Dennis Eugene Cooper, age 44, of 1668 235th St. Oskaloosa, Ia.  The defendant…

OFFBEAT NEWS A Rolex watch with a Domino’s logo inside has hit the auction block at Christie’s Auction.The watch is a 1989 stainless steel Air-King and yes it really does include the blue and red…

Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa visited Clow Valve Company in Oskaloosa as part of her 99 Counties tour. It was her first visit to Clow. Sen. Ernst met with General Manager Mark Willett…