Mitchell County, IA

OSAGE, Iowa – No prison time for a man arrested for child sex abuse in Mitchell County. John Edward Onken, 24 of Charles City, was sentenced Tuesday to five years of supervised probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. Onken pleaded guilty to enticing a minor under...

Weston William Zuehl, 39, was arrested on April 20, 2020, and charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and driving after cancellation. The Lyle Police Department says a law enforcement officer who knew Zuehl’s license was canceled saw him driving south on Highway 218. Court documents state Zuehl refused to pull over and started a pursuit that crossed the state line and forced another vehicle off the road to avoid a collision.

MASON CITY — While the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for June went down slightly, the KGLO News listening area’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly. The county-by-county numbers were released this morning by Iowa Workforce Development. The composite non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for area of Cerro Gordo...

OSAGE — Iowa State University Extension is hosting a series of seminars across the state about renting or owning farmland. The first two will be held in Mitchell and Mahaska Counties on July 26. “Right now, the marketplace for farmland is pretty crazy,” said Gary Wright, an ISU Extension...

Iowa State University Extension is hosting a series of seminars across the state about renting or owning farmland. The first two will be held in Mitchell and Mahaska Counties on July 26th. Gary Wright is a farm management specialist with I-S-U Extension who’s based in Spirit Lake. More than...

(ABC 6 News) - In Iowa, the Girls Regional Softball Tournament gets underway Friday evening, where it's win or go home. ABC Six Sports Reporter Richard Denson was in Mitchell County with a preview of Class 1A - Region 4 matchup, St. Ansgar vs West Hancock.

WABASHA COUNTY, Minn. – A Mitchell County woman is hurt in a collision in southeast Minnesota. It happened around 11:17 am Tuesday on Highway 42 in Wabasha County. The Minnesota State Patrol says Virginia Margaret Thompson, 66 of Osage, IA, was northbound and Gary Lee Suess, 53 of Mazeppa, was southbound when they crashed at mile marker 8 in Elgin Township.