Drop in reported coronavirus cases
Jun 06, 2020
There’s been a sharp drop in the increase of coronavirus cases in Iowa. As of late Wednesday morning (6/3), 54 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, for a pandemic total of 20,010. Two new cases…
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Primary election turnout
Jun 04, 2020
Just over 24 percent of Iowa’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s (6/2) primary election. In Mahaska County, turnout was just over 20 percent, with the vast majority of votes being cast by mail rather…
Tyson announces 591 at Storm Lake plant test COVID positive
Jun 03, 2020
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Tyson Foods has released the results of facility-wide testing for COVID-19 at its Storm Lake pork facility and most of those that tested positive were asymptomatic. Of more than 2300 team…
Primary Election Today
Jun 02, 2020
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…
Protests, looting, vandalism at Iowa shopping malls
Jun 01, 2020
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…
Coronavirus update
Jun 01, 2020
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…
Southern Iowa Speedway Next Race Wednesday, June 10
May 29, 2020
By Jerry Mackey: Oskaloosa, Iowa: The next scheduled racing event will be held on Wednesday, June 10 at the Mahaska County Monster ½ mile dirt track located on the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa. June…
Absentee voting begins
May 28, 2020
Thursday (5/28) is the first day of absentee balloting in Iowa in advance of Tuesday’s primary election. You can vote in the lobby of your county courthouse Thursday and Friday (5/29) from 8am to 4:30pm,…
Pella Christian honored
May 27, 2020
Pella Christian High School has qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award for the school year that just ended. The award goes to Iowa schools that register at least 90 percent of eligible students to…
Eddyville Cargill plant receives state grant
May 26, 2020
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved an award that will help create 14 new jobs at Eddyville’s Cargill plant. Linda Crookham-Hansen presented the project to the board Friday (5/22). "Cargill in Monroe County,…